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Famous Temples, Holi Places in Rajahmundry Godavari Maha Pushkaralu 2015
11) Draksharamam TempleDraksharamam temple is 30 kms from Kakinada and 55 kms from Rajahmundry. This temple is situated on the banks of Eastern Godavari River. This temple was built for Lord Shiva. This is one of the only temple in India where God and Goddess are equally worshipped. This is also one of the Pancharamas. Many inscriptions are written by the saints on the walls of the temple during the olden times. This is one of the temples in Andhra Pradesh where a lot of tourists and Devotees visit this temple to receive blessings from the Lord Shiva.
12) Gollala Mamidada Temple
13) Korukonda Temple
Korukonda temple is 65 kms away from Kakinada and 25 kms from Rajahmundry. The deity of this temple is Swayambhuvu. This temple is named after the village Korukonda .The deity is in the form of a stone which is of 125 mts in height.This temple was built around 750-800 years back. This temple is located on the hill and is one of the best good looking temples.
14) Kotipalli Temple
Kotipalli temple is 45 kms away from Kakinada and 75 kms away from Rajahmundry. This temple is also located on the River Godavari. The deitiesof this temple are Lord Indra, Lord Chandra, and Kasyapa Maharshi. It is believed that anyone who takes a bath in the eaters around the temple will be free from all his sins. Every day in this temple many rituals are conducted. Most of the pilgrims who visit this temple has a sacred feeling in their hearts.
15) Mandapalli Temple
Mandapalli temple is 40 kms away from Rajahmundry and 75 kms from Kakinada. The deity of this temple is Lord Shiva. There are sayings that a priest named Dhadhichi has made a sacrifice of his spinal cord for the sake of weapon named as Vajrayudha. This is a very powerful weapons used for killing evil forces. Lord Sani who is the son of the god Sun had fought with the devils and as a symbol of his victory he placed a statue of Lord Shiva in this temple.
16) Muramalla Temple
Muramalla temple is about 30 kms from Kakinada and 120 kms from Rajahmundry. This temple is named after the village called Muramalla. This temple is located on the banks of River Gowthami. Here in this temple Nithya Kalayanam is performed on daily basis to the Lord.
17) Palivela Temple
Palivela temple is 95 kms away from Kakinada and 60 kms away from Rajahmundry. This temple is located in a village named as Palivela. Here the deity of this temple was installed by Agastya Maharshi.The deity of this temple is Sri Uma Koppilingeswara Swamy. This temple is situated on the banks of River Kowsiki. Many pujas are performed in this temples.
18) Peddapuram Temple
Peddapuram temple is 25 kms away from Kakinada and 50 kms away from Rajahmundry. During the exile of Pandavas they have visited this place and spent some days in this village. This village is located on the top of the hill. Only tribal people used to live in this village. There are sayings that Pandavas have built a tunnel from this place to Rajahmundry. Even the foot prints of Bheema were clearly visible on the rocks of the hill.
19) Pithapuram Temple
Pithapuram temple is about 25 kms from Kakinada and 80 kms from Rajahmundry. This is one of the Shakthi pithas in India. The deity of this temple is Sri Kukkuteshwara Swamy.This is one of the ancient temples of India. This temple has Nandi which is made from a single stone. Every year thousands of pilgrims visit this temple.
20) Rajahmundry Temple
Rajahmundry temples is located in town named as Rajahmundry. This temple is around 70 kms from Kakinada. The deity of this temple is Lord Shiva. Once a muni did a deep mediation enchanting Lord Siva name continuously, then after seeing this Lord Shiva gave a varam to this Muni. The varam was a Boy who was named as Markandaya. Markandaya has dedicated his whole life for Lord Shiva and he installed a Siva Lingam. As Marakandaya has installed the Siva linga from then onwards the temple was popularly called as Sri Markendeyeswara Swamy Varu
21) Ryali Temple
Ryali temple is about 45 kms from Rajahmundry and 75 kms from Kakinada. This temple is located on the banks of River Godavari. The deity of this temple is Maha Vishnu. The idol of this temple is made from black stone. There is a belief that Lord Shiva got fascinated by the beauty of Mohini and he chased after Mohini. Then a flower from Mohini’ hair fell on a place. Then that place is named as Ryali which has a Telugu meaning of fall
22) Samalkota Temple
Samalkota temple is 15 kms from Kakinada and 55 kms from Rajahmundry. The deities of this temple are Kumararama and Bhimesvara. This place was ruled by Eastern Chalukyas. This temple has a long history behind the formation of it. Many dynasties have ruled this place for so many years. It is said that about 30 kings have lived in this place.
23) Sarpavaram Temple
Sarpavaram temple is 10 kms from Kakinada. There used to sayings that a great priest named Agastya preached this story his disciples in this temple. This temple has a very long history. One day Narada took a dip in a beautiful lake and he suddenly disguised into a lady. That lady married the young King of Pithapuram and gave birth to sons named as Prabhava and Vibhava. After the king got killed the lady went to take a dip in the lake and she was converted into Narada.
Final Words
These are complete lisit of all the temples around the River Godavari. If you are on a plan to Godavari Pushkaralu...then don’t forget to visit these popular shrines.
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