Shlo Padmasane Padmaooru
Padmakshi Padmasambhava!
Tvam Maam Bhajaswa
Padmakshi Yenasaukhyam Labha Myaham !!
The temple is dedicated to Goddess Padmakshi who is fondly
referred to as "Amma" by locals. The word Amma means mother in Telugu.
The Goddess Padmakshi is considered the Mother of Mothers. The
Padmakshiamma resides on the top of a Gutta (hill).
In Jainism, Padmavati is a Yakshini (female attendant goddess)
associated with Parshvanatha, the 23rd Jain Tirthankara. She is a protective
goddess or Sasana Devi (guardian goddess) and is also known as Ambika in some
contexts. Padmavati is often depicted in Jain temples and is a revered deity
within the faith.
Moolavar: Sri Padmakshi
Some of the salient features of this temple are…
Padmakshi is in the form of bas-relief on the Boulder. A Parshavanatha
Tirthankara’s image is also sculpted on the right side of Padmakshi. In the sanctum, some Jain sculptures, Parshvanatha, half-finished or damaged sculptures are also can be seen.
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Around this boulder there are many shelters and a
Vinayagar is in one of the shelters. Prashvanath and a Tirthankara are sitting in a posture with samaratharis/ whisk bearers on the boulders. The Tirthankaras
are painted colorfully.
ARCHITECTURE
This is not a constructed temple. A mandapa was
constructed abutting the Padmakshi and Tirthanka sculptures on the boulder. A
Vimanam is constructed on the boulder denoting the sanctum sanctorum.
Viewed from Tirthankara Hill
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The history of this temple dates back to the 12th century
when it was constructed during the first quarter of the century, during that
time Kakatiya Kings followed Jainism before converting to Veera Shaivam.
An inscription stone is installed in front of the sanctum
sanctorum. Inscriptions are found on all four sides along with a Jain
Tirthankara, sun, and moon bas-reliefs.
Anmakonda Inscription
of Prola
The Chalukya-Vikrama
year Forty-Two
By
H. Krishna Sastri,
B.A.
The
record begins with an invocation addressed to the feet of Jinendra and refers
in II, 6 to 34 to the reign of the Maharajadhiraja, Paramesvara, and Parama Bhattaraka,
the (Western) Chalukya king Tribhuvanamalladeva (Vikramaditya VI) and his
feudatory the Mahamandaleisvara Kakati Beta, who had secured the five great
sounds and who was ‘the lord of Anmakonda, the best of towns’. The hereditary
minister of Kakati Betarasa was the Dendadhinatha Vaija. Verse 3 states that Vijaya
brought his master the Mandalika Kakati Beta to the feet of the Chalukya
emperor and made him rule the Sabbi-Sauna as a feudatory of the monarch.
According to verses 5, Vijay's son by Yakamabba was the Pergade Beta, who
became the minister of Kakati Prola.
The
only act of this Beta which the inscription records, is that he constructed ten
houses for gods in his native village. The wife of this minister Beta the son
of Yakamambika was Mailama. Lines 70 to 87 state that she built the Kadalalaya-basadi on
the top of the hill and that in the Chalukya Vikrama year forty-two, which
corresponded to the cyclic year Hemalambi, on the occasion of the
Uttarayana-Samkrnti, which fell on Monday, the 15th day of the dark half of
Paushya, while the king Kakatiya Prolalarasa, son of the Mandalaka
Tribhuvanamalla was ruling at Ammakunde- she gave for the benefit of that
temple six mattar lands below the tank built and named after herself, by her
husband Betana-pergade. The pillar that bears the inscription was also set up
by Mailama on the same occasion. Lines 88 to 99 register a gift of ten mattar
of land to the same temple by the Mahamandlesvara Melarasa of Ugravadi, a
member of the family of Maha(va)varman of eight thousand elephants, ten crores
of horses and numberless foot-soldiers. The land that Melerasa granted was
situated below the Kuchikere tank, which belonged to Oramgallu. This town was
under the control of Melarasa at the time of the grant. Lines 111 to 112 record
the assignment of a paga(haga) coin to the temple sweeper Boya-Pedda, to be
paid, apparently from the proceeds of either of the two grants mentioned above.
The
late Professor Kielhorn kindly contributed the following remarks on the date of
the inscription - “Ch V 42=S 1039 exp=Hemalamba. The date regularly corresponds
to Monday, 24th December 1117 CE, On this day the Uttarayana-Sankranti took
place 14 h 55 m after mean sunrise, during the 15th tithi of the dark of Pusha,
which commenced 0 h 38 m after mean sunrise, and ended 0 h 13 m before mean
sunrise of the following day”.
(V.
9) The thus-praised adobe of Rama (i.e. Lakshmi)- Mailama- having caused to be
built with delight and devotion the resplendent Kadalalaya-basadi
(temple) on the top of the hill in order that may bring prosperity to her- (L.
70) for the daily worship incense, lights (and) oblations (in the temple) (and)
for food, clothing, etc. of the temple priest- (L. 72) while the reign of
Kakatiya Polalarasa, son of the glorious king, the Mandalika Tribhuvanamalla,
was continuously prosperous and successful, at Anmakonda, as long as the moon,
sun and stars- in the forty-second year of the prosperous Chalukya-Vikrama
years, corresponding to the Hemalambi-samvatsara, on account of the
Uttarayana-sankranti (which happened) on Monday, the 16th day of the dark
fortnight of Paushya (of the year)- (L. 80) gave to that (temple), with
libations of water, two mattar of wetland (lying) between two flat slabs below
the band of the tank built in her name by her husband Betana Pergade, and four
matter of black-soil land (lying) south of the pond (done) on the west side of
the same tank and six mattear of uncultivated land, set up this inscribed
pillar. (L. 88). And as a (subsidiary) gift of this charity the prosperous Mahdmandalesvara
Melarasa of Ugravadi who was born in the family of Madh(vav)arma, (whose army
consisted) of “eight thousand elephants, eight crores of horses and endless
crowds of the foot (soldiers), etc”, gave one mattar of wet-land at the head of the
canal below the band of Kuchikere (tank) which belonged to Orugallu within his
rule, and ten mattar of miscellaneous land close to the same (Land).
Ref:
1. Telengana Tourism website
2. Epigrapica Telanganica, Volume 2, Imperial Kakatiyas.
LEGENDS
Padmavati Yakshi – Associated with Jina Parsavnatha. Padmavati
the snake goddess is one of the four most popular Yakshis of Jaina tradition.
Both the traditions provide composite Kukkuta- sarpa (Cock – snake duo) as
vahana.
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
The Jain Yakshini Padmakshi was converted as a Hindu
deity and poojas are done as per the Hindu tradition. Padmakshi will bless as a young Child in the morning as a girl in the afternoon and as a lady in the
evening. Bathukamma Festival is celebrated grandly.
Padmakshi will be decorated with flowers on that day. Bathukamma is celebrated
for nine days, from Bhadrapada Pournami to Durgashtami.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 11.00
hrs and 16.30 hrs to 18.00 hours.
CONTACT DETAILS
The mobile number +91 99087 63228, may be contacted for
further details.
HOW TO REACH
This Padmakshi temple is on a small hill, 1.7 km from 1000 Pillar Temple, 6.7 km from Warangal Railway Station, and 147 km from Hyderabad.
The nearest Railway station is Warangal.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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