Madhavaraya Temple Gorantla History

Temple was built during by King Narasimha Saluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara empire in 1354 A.D.

There is a maha mantap with magnificient huge Yaalis pillars in totally different style and the mantap pillars are carved with Maha Vishnu’s Dasa Avatharam and other deities too. The shrine has a ardha mandapam with pillar and ceilings with carvings, is enclosed within the walls.

How to reach Madhavaraya Temple Gorantla ?

1.  Gorantla is 92 km from Anantapur Town. Direct bus is available form Anantapur Bus station.
2. Temple is 210 km from Tirupati. Direct bus to Anantapur is available from Tirupati.
3. Nearest Railway station is at Kadiri, which is 3 hours 39 mins journey by Train from Tirupati.

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Surya Narayana Temple Budagavi

Surya Narayana Temple Budagavi Village, Uravakonda Mandal, Anantapur District.  This temple is located on Bellary Highway and close to Uravakonda. This is the 2nd Temple in Andhra, 3rd in South and 8th in India. This is the only temple in the world where Surya Narayana is facing towards South direction.

This temple has been declared as an ancient monument and is under the maintenance of Archaeology and Museums Department.

One of the oldest temple for The Sun dating back to 13th Century at Uravakonda. This temple was built during the times of Chaluka empire.

How to reach Surya Narayana Temple Budagavi?

1. Temple is 55 km from Anantapur Town. Direct bus is available at regular intervals.
2. 5 km from Uravakonda.
3. Nearest railway junction is at Guntakal, which is at 39 km from the temple.
4. Temple is 330 km from Tirupati. Direct train is available from Tirupati Central Railway station to Guntakal.

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Siddeshwara Swamy Temple Hemavathi Anantapur

This temples has four famous Siva shrines which were built and patronized by Pallavas during 7th and 8th century. Hemavathi was the capital city of Noolamba Pallava dynasty , a small dynasty which heads 32,000 villages. This temple had a glorious times during the period of King Raja Mahendra of Noolamba dynasty. This Temple has both Pallava and Chola’s style of temple architecture.

About Noolamba Dynasty

Noolamba dynastical origin is associated with that of Pallavas, they were the governors to their kingdoms, is stated that they are related to Pallava’s families. Their earlier capital was Chitradurga, and their peak of their rule they shifted their capital to Henjeri (present day Hemavathi). Ancient Nolambavandi consisted of Chitradurga, a part of Hassan, Tumkur, Bangalore, Bellary and Kolar (Karnataka), North Arcot, Dharmapuri and Coimbatore ( Tamil Nadu), Anantapur, Chittoor in A.P. Mangala Nomabathi Raja (735 – 785 A.D) was the originator of the Noolamba dynasty.

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Subramaneswara Swamy Temple Pampanur

Subramaneswara Swamy Temple Pampanur Atmakur Mandal Anantapur

It is believed that, many great sages did penance at this place. During that time, there supposed to be seven temple tanks around this region, at present it is only one temple tank available.

Sri Vyasaraju who was a spiritual teacher (Raja Guru) for Sri Krsihna Deva raya (1509 A.D  – 1530 A.D), installed Sri Subramanyeswara Swamy Idol here. Later , there is no much attention towards this temple. During 1980 – 90, this temple was renovated and started with daily poojas. In the year 2008, Sri Ganapathy Sachidhananda Swamy built the sub temples for Siva and Parvathi.

How to reach Subramanya Swamy Temple Pampanuru?

1. Direct bus is available from Anantapur to Pampanuru. Pampanuru is 20 km from Anatapur
2. Direct bus is available from Tirupati Central bus station to Anantapur at regular intervals.

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