07, November 2011
I went to the
SRISAILAM temple on 5th and 6th of November
2011 and had a good darshan. I reached the temple at about 18.00
hrs and stayed night at the temple and returned back on 6th Sunday.
Since the visited time was a week end and also holiday on Monday,
there was a heavy rush in the Temple North
India . Another reason for the crowd is there are
special poojas from 27th Oct to 15th Nov
2011 . The rush was regulated like Tirupati to
stand in long Q with usual ‘jarkandi’. I also visited second time to this
temple and the details are posted in a separate post. (CLICK
HERE ).
Since Cell phone and
Cameras are not allowed I could not take pictures inside the temple and
some of the pictures taken out side the temple is uploaded in this post.
268 /1. SRI MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY TEMPLE, SRISAILAM - THIRUPARUPATHAM
Now this place is
called as Srisailam. This is the 268th Devaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and
1st sthalam of Vada nadu. Moovar has sung hymns in praise of Lord shiva of this
Temple. Thirunavukkarasar worshiped Lord Shiva while returning
from Kailash. Thirugnanasambandar and Sundarar has sung
hymns from Kalahasti.
( 5 tier Rajagopuram night view )
Moolavar : Sri
Mallikarjuna Swamy.
Consort : Sri Bramarambika Devi
Some of the Important
features and details of this temple are....
The temple is facing
east with a 5 tier Rajagopuram and other three directions also has similar Rajagopurams built in dravidian style. This is one of the 12
JyotirLinga temples. Ashta lingams are installed at the
back of the Shiva shrine. Ambal Temple is
a level above Shiva’s Sannadhi with steps.
In the main temple
there are two Copper plated Dwajasthambams (one at the back apart
from front side). The Moolavar Vimana is Gold plate covered in
steps and glitters from high mast light.
There is a Trisulam
on the top of the moolavar Gopuram instead of kalasam. The praharam pillars are tooooo big. The temple
is very big with beautiful sculptures / reliefs on the high stone
walls. It is not like Tamil Nadu Temple
It is not known the
antiquity of the temple and it was believed to be 3000 years old.
The front mandapams were built during 1374 CE by Reddy Kings.
Nearby temples are,
Sakshi Ganapathi and Sikaram Temple which are about 1 KM and 8 KM on the way to
Ongole.
HOW TO REACH :
Andhra Pradesh
Transport buses available from major cities of Andhra Pradesh.
On the Train Route
from Chennai to Kolkata, get down at Ongole and reach Srisailam by bus.
From Ongole to
Srisailam by bus via Markapur also possible.
CONTACT
DETAILS :
Temple web site http://srisailamonline.com/
DETAILS
OF MY SECOND VISIT TO SRISAILAM : CLICK
HERE
( dwarapalaka stucco image on the street)
( Dwarapalaka stucco image on the street )
( Night view of Somaskandar stucco image )
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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