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The temple is located on the foothills of a hill, while there is also a belief that the temple was carved out of the monolithic hill. There is a rock-cut shrine of Shiva's son Ganesha, 9 ft (2.7 m) below the ground level. Vallabha Ganapathi, Mahalakshmi-Ganpathi and Sahasra Lingeswara are some of the rare images found in the temple.
Srikalahasti is a town in Tirupati district located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the revenue division of Srikalahasti mandal and Srikalahasti revenue division . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a part of the Tirupati Urban Development Authority , which is located on the banks of the River Swarnamukhi .
Kannappa was born in present-day Andhra Pradesh as Thinna [1] [4] into a hunter family from the Chenchu [5] His birthplace is often associated with Uduppura near Sri Kalahasti. [6] [7] Kannappa's devotion to Shiva began when he discovered the vayu linga (embodiment of air) while hunting in the forest. He offered the aniconic representation of ...
Dhurjati was born in Srikalahasti. In his works, Dhurjati referred to his birthplace as being a part of Pottapi Nadu in reference to a Telugu Chola Kingdom based at Pottapi in Cuddapah . He was the son of Singamma and Narayana and grandson of Jakkayya.
Pattinatthar worshiped Shiva at the Srikalahasti temple, which has inspired great poetic and musical works. [9] The samadhi [attained salvation in this place] of Pattinatthar is a historic landmark located on the Ennore Expressway in Tiruvottiyur. [10] It is believed to be around 500 years [11] to 1100 years old. [12]
The cited temple is the Morgaon Temple, one of the Ashtavinayaka temples in Maharashtra, India. It is located in the village of Morgaon, some 55 kilometres from Pune, along the Karha River. The name of the village is taken from the Marathi word for peacock, and it is claimed to be laid out in the shape of a peacock.
The land of the Telugu people was referred to, during ancient times, as Āndhra dēśa (country of Andhra) and Trilingadēśa (country of Trilinga). [1] The word Telugu is believed to have been derived from trilinga, as in Trilinga Desha, "the country of the three lingas".
The holy Hindu temples of Tirumala and Srikalahasti are located in the river basin. [1] It was mentioned as Mogaleru in the works of Dhurjati. In Tamil, the river is known as “Ponmugali” (Tamil: பொன்முகலி). Kalyani Dam with 25 million cubic meters live storage was constructed in 1977 across its tributary Kalyani river. [2]