Mahanandiswara Swamy Mahanandi Temple History

One version is that in the beginning of Kritayuga, One Paravatha King had two sons called Silada and Nandi. The eldest son Silada got his name due to strict penance where he gave up eating food except Sila or Stone. The Lord was pleased by his devotion and converted Silada into a holy hills and began to live upon him. In this similar fashion, the second son Nandi did the penance for Lord Siva. Lord Siva converted him as Nandi and made him his vehicle (Vahanam). The place where Nandi did penance is considered to be the place where the present Mahanandi exists.

Mahanandiswara Swamy Mahanandi Temple Festivals

Maha Sivaratri will be celebrated in a grand during the months of Feb/Mar ,which varies based on Hindu calendar. During Karthika Masam which is dedicated to Lord Siva,  special events will be held and thousands of devotees used to participate during that time.

How to reach Mahanandiswara Swamy Mahanandi Temple ?

1. Mahanandi Temple is 91 km from Kurnool Town
2. 21 km from Nandyala Town.
3. Shortest Route to Temple is via Thimmapur and is 17 km from Bus station.
4.  Another  route via Giddalur road, you need to take  left diversion at Boyalakuntla cross , from there it is 24 km ride by road
5. Nearest Railway station is at Nandyala which is 12 km from the temple

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Skandapurana also refers the importance of the Goddess Yellamma (Grama Devatha) and Bhudevi. As per the Legends, Everyday, Renuka the wife of Sage Jamadagni used to bring water from river Tungabadhra in a new pot which she prepares from the clay of river Tungabadhra for the Pooja of her husband. This power of moulding clay and Sand into a pot was acquired by her due to the power of her great Pathi (Husband) Bhakti. One day, while she was busy with her daily work, she chanced to glance at a king and queen who were bathing in the river. This caused a little amount of mental disturbance in Renuka so she was not able to prepare the pot. She, therefore, returned Ashram with the empty hands.

Sage Jamadagni who was aware of the powers of his wife understood that she had deviated from her path and therefore ordered his sons to kill her at once. All of them kept quite, but Parasurama alone was dutiful and carried out the cruel order of his father. Sage Jamadagni was pleased with Parasurama’s filial affection and asked him to select any boon. Parasurama immediately asked him to bring his mother back to live. Jamadagni replied him that her head could not be attached to her body as it fell on some impure place and he gave her a boon that the head would be worshipped by the name of Yellamma, and the body would also be equally renowned in the name of Bhudevi.

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“Years ago, there lived a princess named Chandravathi who was the daughter of a King who ruled from the Chandragupta Patnam, on the northern bank of the Krishna river. Her father was a valiant warrior who used to be absent from his court quite often due to his other pre-occupations. The princess Chandravathi grew up into a beautiful maiden. She was very pious and devoted by nature and due to a domestic calamity, she went to a forest of Srisailam on the southern side of the river for prayer and penance. She took nothing with her except a faithful herdsman and some cattle.

The princess was living with the herdsman and the cattle, and living mainly on the forest produce, and upon the milk produced from the cows. She noticed that one black cow out of the herd was not giving any milk at all. She there up on instructed the herdsman to find out the reason for this and to watch the cow. The herdsman hid behind the cow, and watched its movements and came back and reported, that it was not yielding any milk because it gave up all its milk during the course of its wanderings. on a black stone image of Siva in the form of Linga. The princess also witnessed the scene. The night Lord appeared in the dreams of the princess and told her that the black stone lying in the forest was nothing but a manifestation of the Lord Himself. He enjoined upon the princess, the necessity for building a temple around his own Linga.

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chintala venkataramana temple tadipatri anantapur

chintala venkataramana temple tadipatri anantapur is located within the Town. This temple is dedicated to Lord Maha Vishnu which stretches on 5 acres within the town and was built on the banks of Penna river.  This Temple was built during the times of Vijayanagar dynasty and had a glorious time.

Temple walls and pillars were sculptured with the images from the epics of Ramayana, Mahabharatha and Bhagavatha. These sculptures were carved in a sequence which narrates the epics.

One should not miss the carvings of Kaliya Mardhana Krishna roopam from the Mahabharath and sequences from the Ramayana on the walls of corridor (mantap). There is a octagonal shaped flower on the roof of the corridor.

There are sub-temples for Sita Rama and Sri Padmavathi Amma Varu.

How to reach Chintala Venkataramana Swamy Temple Tadipatri?

1. Tadipatri is 56 km away from Anantapur Town, Bus frequency is quite high from Anantapur
2. Tadipatri is 247 km from Tirupati. Direct bus is available from Tirupati to Anantapur.
3. Train is available from Tirupati Railway station to Tadipatri, which takes 3 hours 39 mins for journey. Train frequency is quite from Tirupati.

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