Sri Venkateswara Temple, Thirumala Giri, Jaggayyapet.

Venkateswara Swamy Temple,  Thirumala Giri.

The temple is located on top of hill about 5 kms from Jaggayyapet, Krishna District,AP. It s about 7kms distance from Chillakallu on the National High way No-9,from Vijayawada to Hyderabad. 

Main Raja Gopuram of the temple is of five tier.

Main Deity of the temple known as Swayambu Valmikodbhavudu. Here main deity is in the form of Ant Hill

Main entrance to the temple.

Sthala purana says Baradwaja Maharishi penanced here in Tretha Yuga. Sri Maha Vishnu was pleased with his penance, and appeared before him to fulfill his desire. Bardwaja Mahrishi earnestly prayed Lord to dwell on the hill forever. His wish was fulfilled by Lord, who stayed back as Sri Venkateswara on the hill top.

Both Hill and the Village, is named as Thirumala giri

The temple is open from 6AM to 6PM only. Poojari says it is a fact that, Serpants worship Lord Venkateswara, hence the temple is closed after 6PM. He says milk is kept during the last pooja before shutting the door. Next morning when the door is opened the vessel is empty. We believe serpants still worship in the night.

Sri Venkateswara Temple view from Lord Siva Temple.

From the temple we find few steps which lead us to Mallikarjuna Swamy temple.

There is a Dwajasthambam in front of the sanctum and Nandi is seen in front.

Sthala Vruksham

Sivalingam is seen inside the sanctum. We see stone idol of Lord Siva with his consort.
Goddess is Bramaramba in this temple.

Kotheswara temple, contonment, secunderabad

1. Kotheswar temple:
   
   
   
   
   
   The temple is in Secunderabad Cantonment area about 10 kms from Secunderabad Station.The temple is in a very calm atmosphere and beautiful surrounding.
   
   
   
   
   
   TheSiva Lingam here is a very old one and it looks something different from normal Lingam we see.
   
   
   It’s a rock temple and the main sanctum looks like a cave. There are two main doors one to east and the other to east side.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   To east side entrance we see a Hanuman with Sanjeevi parvath carved to stone.
   
   
   
   
   We see a decorated nandi in front of the Lord Siva.
   The Siva lingam is too small and it is a bit low from the floor.
   
   
   
   
   
   Within the main sanctum we see sculpture carved to rock. There are steps which lead to the top of main sanctum hall.
   
   
   
   There is a huge hall in front to accomadate the devotees who visit during sivarathri festival.
   
   
   
   
   
   There is a big tree to which we see many bells hanging. They say those are tied by the trainees once they finish training period. Under the tree we see small Yama sculpture.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   There is a seperate sanctum for Durga matha. The sculpture is of marble.
   
   
   
   
   
   The cadets have made a replica of temple like Amarnath. Cave, and inside we see a lingam of ice.
   
   
   
   
2. The History written on a board at the temple premises:
   
   
   The history of Kotheswara Temple of 1EME centres is unique temple in twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad. The temple is located on a hillock at a height of 50meters.
   
   
   The history of Koteshwar temple dates back to a century and has a in Siva puranam which refers to Swayambu Siva lingam formed 9 lakhs years ago.
   
   
   
   The history says in this area of Kotheswara temple there was a quarry in which number of labourers employed for breaking stones. One day the Siva lingam was found when they were working. A small temple was built for Lord Siva.
   
   
   The Siva Lingam in the temple is the same one which was mentioned in Siva puranam.
   
   
   The temple was then surrounded by wild vegetation and dense forest. Number of saints lived and worshipped Lord Siva here.
   
   
   In 1953 No1EME shifted from Banglore to Secunderabad, and a promotion cadre Company was formed. The trainees of promotion Cadre Company re-established,
   this old temple. Bajans, keerthans, and worship were done here. They developed the surroundings area of the temple and constructed the south side steps leading to temple.
   
   
   In 1966 the Driving Training Battalion of 1EME centre shifted to this existing location. The small temple was renovted and re- constructed.
   
   
   In 1985 a massive project was under-taken to give a new look to the temple. Number of additions and alterations were done. The entire project was undertaken by the staff, trainees and recruits of 4, Training battalion on voluntary basis. The finance was raised by the daily offerings made by devotees.
   
   Sivarathry festival is celebrated in a grand scale.

Ramalingeswara Swamy temple, keesara, Secunderabaad, AP.

Visit to Keesara on Sivarathri day.

1. Rama Lingeswara Swamy:
   
   
   The temple is in Keesara mandal which is about 25 kms from Secunderabad.
   
   
   The temple is on a small hillock. We find lot of Siva lingams around the main sanctum.
   
   
   
   
   
   When we enter in dwajasthambam is seen and inside we see Bhavani matha in separate sanctum and as we procced further we see Anjaneyar with Siva linga in front.
   
   
   
   Ganapathy, Lord Subramanya with Valli Devanay,are seen to the sides of main door of Main sanctum.
   
   
   
   Inside the main sanctum, Siva Lingam known as Ramaligeswar is seen with a sculpture of Siva at the back of Lingam. As we come out there is a small sanctum Durga matha is seen.
   
   
   
   Outside the Siva temple there is Sthala Vruksham with Naga Devatha under it.
   
   
   Now we come to another hall like thing with Dwajasthambam in front. Here we see Lakshmi Narashimar and opposite of the sanctum Garudazwar is seen.
   
   
   Then we see Siva panchayadhana murthy, with Nandi in the front.
   
   Finally we see Sita, Rama and Lakshmana and Hanuman facing them in the front in a small sanctum.
   
   There are sculptures of Maha kali, Maha Saraswathy and MahaLakshmi, are also in the same hall.
   
   
   At a distance we see Hanuman in separate sanctum and near by there is huge Hanuman on a platform.
   
   
   Purana says when Hanuman was flying with Sanjeevi Parvatham pieces of it fell down in this place which turned out to be Siva Lingam.
   
   
   That is the reason we find of Lot of Siva lingam in this place.Its a hear say that are 108 Lingams in number over here.
   
   

Temples of Twin city, Secunderabaad.

1. Sri Lakshmi Narashimar temple:
   
   
   The temple is in a lane leading to Market Street from RP road, Secunderabad, AP
   The temple is under renovation. They have shifted main deities to balayalam near the temple premises within a shutter nearby the temple premises.
   Main Deity is Lakshmi Narashima Swamy.
   
   
   
   The main deity is having his left leg front which means he is ready to help one who
   Worship him. We see Sanku and chakkram held to his point fingers and rest of the four fingers together pointed towards him. The other two hands of Narashimar is, Abhya hastham and Varadha hastham.
   
   
   Other deities that belong to the temple is Andal, Azwar, Anjaneyar, and Utsavar
   
   
   
2. Siva Temple:
   
   
   This temple is on the lane that connects General Bazaar from RP Road.
   We may have to climb few steps to enter into the temple.
   
   
   
   Main deity is in Lingam form known as Uma Maheswarar. Ganapathy is seen in different sanctum next to the main sanctum. Other deities seen inside are Sathya Narayanar, Anjaneyar, and step down few steps to go around Navagrahas.
   
   
   
3. Lakshmi Narayanar temple:
   
   
   This temple is about 5 minutes walk in the opposite lane of Uma Maheswara Swamy Temple. There is a huge Raja Gopuram.
   
   
   We see dwjasthambam with Garudazwar facing main deity Lakshmi Narayanar.
   
   
   The main deity is Lakshmi Narayanar of Marble stone. There is a separate sanctum for Andal and Azwar.
   
   
   
   
4. Kannika Parameswari Temple:
   
   
   This temple is about five minutes walk from Lakshmi Narayanar Temple.
   The temple is attached to marriage hall
   
   
   We see Kannika Parameswari as main deity with Sri Chakra in front of her.
   
   
   We find utsavar in front of her. There is a separate sanctum for Lord Siva and Goddess Parvathavardhini.
   
   
   Anjaneyar is seen in separate sanctum in the main hall.