The
temple is on the banks of Krishna River, where the Munneru River confluences
with Krishna. The place of the temple is also called Amararama.
Moolavar : Sri Amareswara
Swamy
Consort : Sri Bala
Chamundika
Some of the salient features of this temple are…
The temple is in the form of a Mada temple with steps facing
east. Rajagopuras are on all four sides,
of which the South Side Rajagopuram is of 7-tiers and the East side is of 5-tiers.
Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam, and Suryan are at the end of the steps. The stucco image
of Natarajar is on the top of the mukha mandapam. Dwarapalakas are on both
sides of the entrance to the sanctum sanctorum. The moolavar Shiva Lingam is in the form of a
sthamba about 15 feet tall from a pedestal with a kavasam on the top. In
koshtam Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, and Brahma.
Ambal Sri Bala Chamundika is in a separate sannidhi in the
ardha mandapam. Ambal is in a standing posture, holding a lotus but in the
right hand and left hand in dola hastam.
In praharam Ambal
sannidhi, Shiva Linga Sannidhi, and Venugopalaswamy with folded hands. At the
base level Thulabara Mandapa, Vasantha mandapas, two 4 pillar mandapas, Annapoorani,
Vinayagar, Arumugar (Kumarasamy/ Murugan), Bairavar, Navagrahas, Saniswarar, Gangadhara,
Hanuman, Shiva Lingas, Nagars, Kannabiran, etc.
ARCHITECTURE
Sri Amareshwara temple was built in Devaswanam with three
prakaras of Shiva, Ammavaru, Vishnu, Vinayaka, and Surya and became famous as
Panchayat Kshetra. Along with Sri Amareshwara Swami Sri Balachamundeswari
Ammavari Devasthanams, there are 22 sub-devalayas in this temple complex. In
the praharam, Shri Balachamundeshwari Amma Varu, the first praharam is the
shrine of Sri Jalamukhi Ammavaru in the western part and Sri Mahishasura in the
eastern part.
The sanctum sanctorum is on an adhistanam and the Vimanam
above the sanctum sanctorum was built with brick. The Vimana is of Dravidian
style 2 tiers (a total of 3, including adi tala) and the greevam is of Nagara style. Shiva,
Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, and Brahma are in the tala and greeva koshtas.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
Chaturmukha Linga a small mukha linga sculpture, belongs
to the Satavahana dynasty (1st–2nd centuries CE). Hence this temple existed
since the Satvahana Dynasty.
In the Devasthanam of Lord Shri Amareswara Swamy,
Kammanayakunisasana, Kotaketaraja's inscriptions are Anavemareddy Sri
Krishnadevaraya Vasanamu. The edicts of Hendrakam Peddasam and Sri Raja
Vasireddy Venkatadrinaidu can be seen. Sri Rajavasireddy Venkatadri Naidu, who
made Venthapalli his capital and ruled Chintapalli as a zamindar, saw the
sufferings caused by the spoons to the people and punished them. It is known
that 108 Shiva temples were consecrated in Prakamuhurta in his Parakata for the
purpose of atonement. Sri Venkatadrinaidu moved his capital from Chintapalli to
Dhanyakataka in 1795 on the advice of Thina Amatyula. Dhanyakatakamu
(Dharanikota) is known to have been the capital of the Satavahanas since the
4th century CE. The Tulabhara Mandapams were built by Sri Krishna Devaraya and major
renovations were carried out during his period. Sri Rajavasireddy Venkatadri
Naidu can be found in the 2nd praharam. Sri Venkatadrinaidu named the area where
the temple is located as Amaravati. During their reign, the present temple was
renovated and the temple was blessed with constant incense offerings. Since
Shiva saved Amaras- Devas from Tarukasura, called Amaralingeswara.
Some Historians believed that this temple was a Buddhist
temple and the same might have been converted to a Hindu temple at a later
date.
Renovations and consecrations are conducted on 11th
September 1992 and 2017.
LEGENDS
Tarakasura Anuraksha did penance on Shiva. Pleased with Tarakasura’s
penance Lord Shiva, gave him the Pranalinga. He kept it on his throat and
started hurting the Devas and celestial deities. Kumaraswamy (Arumugar) killed Tarakasura
with the help of Shiva's axe. Kumaraswamy's arrow hit the Pranalinga and it
broke into five pieces and fell into 5 places. These five places are known as
Shiva Kshetras by the name of Pancharamamulanedi. It is special that the
spams with pancharam roots are in Andhrapravesha. Devendra enshrines the
Maheswaralinga on the Konchanagiri Mountain on the day of Ashviyuja Shuddha
Dashami, which has grown so large that it is impossible to know the universe
with the white light of Shiva's dawn and turns it into gold with troops. Pula
himself was worshiped and named as Amareshwar.
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on
maha Shivaratri, Kalyana Utsavs, Karthigai poornima, etc.
Annapoorani
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be kept open from 06.00 hrs to 13.00 hrs
and from 16.00 hrs to 20.00 hrs.
Abhishekam timings are between 06.00 hrs to 11.45 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
HOW TO REACH
The temple Sri Amaralingeswara at Amaravathi is about 33
km from Guntur and 42 km from Vijayawada.
The nearest Railway Station is Guntur.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Chariot shelter
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