Friday, 18 December 2015

Sri Kapileswaraswami temple


This shrine for Lord Siva is located at about 3 km from Tirupati Railway station. here we can see the beautiful water falls , where water flows from Tirumala Hills. The falls is very beautiful to see during the rainy season. Inside there are many sub temples like Vinayaka temple, Kammakshi temple, Dakshana murthy temple, Subramanya swamy temple, agastheeswara temple,  navagrahams, VenuGopal swamy temple, Lakshmi narshima swamy temple, Alwar temple etc. Adjacent to it there is visiting place, Jungle Book manged by Forest Dept of India. As Kapila maharshi installed the Sivalinga here, the God is called Kapileswara and the tirtham is known as Kapilatirtham.

Kanipakam temple

Sri Vara sidhi Vinayaka Temple which is in Kanipaakam in Irala Mandal, Chittoor District. It is about 11kms from Chittoor town. "Kani" means wetland and "Pakam" means flow of water into wetland.The 'swayambhu' idol (the self-manifested) of Lord Vinayaka emerged from the swirling waters in a well.Even today the idol is in the original well and the springs of the well are perennial and the eternal. During the rainy season, the holy water from the well overflows even today. Another striking and strange feature of the idol is that it is still growing in size.

Sri Kalahasti temple

Sri Kalahasti temple  
SriKalahasti temple is located 36 km away from Tirupati. The inner temple is constructed around 5th century and the outer temple was constructed in the 12th Century. It is the abode of Shiva, from whose head, according to legend, the Ganges is said to flow. Kalahasti is the ‘Kailas of the South’. This temple itself is a great architectural piece of art. The inside pillars are fresh as they were hundreds of years back because they were hidden from degradation by nature. SriKalahasti got its name because in days of yore a spider (sri), serpent (kala) and elephant (hasti) elephant worshipped Shiva with great devotion

Sri Kodandaramaswamy Temple

This temple is dedicated to Sri Rama is situated within a distance of about 1 kilometer from the Tirupati Railway station. Opposite to this temple there is a Anjaneya swamy temple Called as Bedi Anjaneya swamy. Inside the temple there is temple of Vishwaksena and Alwar. Sri Rama navami is celebrated here where the utsavam starts from Ugadi to Rama navami. The Temple was built to commemorate the visit of Sri Rama,Lakshmana and Sita to Tirupati, while returning from Lanka. According to inscriptions, the temple was built by one Narshima Mudalayar for the benefit of Saluva Narasahima in A.D  1480.

Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple

Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple


Tirupati  is an ancient town associated with the Vaishnava Mentor, Sri Ramanuja , who  guided that one can get mukthi through only chanting  NARAYANA mantram that is  'Namo Naryana naya'. He founded Govindaraja swamy temple in 1130 A.D and started a small settlement round it and named it Tirupati. Several new shrines like kodanda ramaswamy temple, narsimha swamy temple shrine and kapileswara swamy temple were also built in different parts of Tirupati. Sri Govindarajaswamy temple, is very near to Tirupati railway station. The deity Sri Govindarajaswamy is in a reclining pose.He is considered to be Lord Venkateswara's brother. It has an imposing seven-storey 'Gopuram'. The temple came in for greater importance in 1506 A.D. during the rule of Saluva Dynasty of Vijayanagara.There are Sri Andal, Sri Parthasarathy and Sri Venkateswara in  the temple