Ubhaya Godavari
Ubhaya Godavari Temples
Veeravenkata Satyanarayanaswami Annavaram Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy's divinity is resplendent on the Ratnagiri hill in the banks of the Pampana river in Annavaram village (Pattipadu mandal of East Godavari district). The speciality of this temple is that, on the right side of Satyanarayana Swamy, is Ishvara and to the left is Anantalakshmi Amma. This is probably the only temple with Ishwara, Sri MahaVishnu and Lakshmi Devi seen installed in this order. According to legend, Shri Mahavishnu, in his Rama avatara, appreciated the penance of a devotee named Ratnakara and asked, "God! Grant me the fortune of carrying you on my head." In the Kali Yuga, Satvarajo Tamorupa Trigunatami and Veeravenkata Satyanarayana as Archamurthy in the form of Satvarajo Tamorupa and Satyanarayana as Archamurthy in the form of Ratnagiri, Sakshat Shri Mahavishnu blessed Ratnakara by saying "Vu" on your head. That is how Ratnagiri, which carries the God on its head, is a holy temple that fulfills the desires of the devotees continuously as the Vaikuntha of Kali Yuga. According to the history of the temple, in the year of Khara (1891 Shravana Shuddha Vidya), Lord Satya told in a dream to Gorsa Diwanam Zamindar Raja Inuganti Venkata Ramarayalu that he was standing under the Ankudu tree on the mountains of Ratnagiri. .That day was found in the month of August in Shravana Shuddha Vidya AD 1891 AD.This idol was seen by a Brahmin named Iranki Prakasam.In this temple, on the pedestal where the idol of Swami is installed, there is a Mahavaikuntha Narayana Yantra as the panchayat of Vighneswara, Bhaskara, Katyayani, Shiva and Vishnu. The idols were brought from Kashi and enshrined on it. The ruler of this temple is Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy.
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Draksharama,one of the three Shiva kshetras along with Sri Kaleswaram in Karimnagar district and Srisailam ksetram together make the reason for the Telugu speaking State to be known as Trilinga Kshetram. About 32 km from Kakinada, is situtated the Draksharamam temple, Sri Manikyamba along with Sri Bhimeswara Swamy being enshrined in this temple. This temple was built in AD. Inscriptions show that the temple was built by Bhima, a Chalukya of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty, between the 7th and 8th centuries. The | Moolavirat Shri Bhimeswaraswamy is in the form of a Spatika Lingam that shines as Swayambhu with His consort Sri Manikyamba Devi. who is worshiped as the 12th Shaktipeeth of Ashtadasha Shaktipeeths. It is believed that Dakshaprajapati performed Yajna here and got the name Draksharama. .
Annavaram
Sri Manikyamba sametha Bhimeshwara Alayam Draksharamam
Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka temple Ayanavilli
Located at Ayanavalli in Amalapuram district and 72 kms from kakinada. This is one of the Svayambhu Ganapati Kshetrams and is said to have existed since Krita Yugam. It is said that Vyasa Maharshi enshrined this Ganesha at the beginning of his journey to South India and this Ganesha became the Siddhi Ganesha who fulfills the wishes of the devotees. It is the deep faith of the devotees that the work will be completed without interruption with the worship of the Varasidhdhi Vinayaka in the Ayanavilli Kshetram
Ainavilli Vinayaka Temple
About 36 km east of Rajahmundry in the Atreyapuram mandal, about 6 km to Ravulapalem, is a beautiful and unique shrine of Sri Jaganmohini Keshava in the town called the Rali earlier known as Ratnapuram
Known as Gangachoda, King Vikramadev who ruled this regiononce went on hunting. He was tired from hunting and was resting under a tree when he had a dream. Sri Mahavishnu appeared to them in that dream spoke to the King thus "I am hidden in Srirupa in the earth. When you get onto your chariot and start riding, the wheel or Chakra would be blown away at a particular spot. It is there that my stone form embedded in the earth. Take it out and build a temple there Your birth will be blessed! "In that dream, the king was surprised to hear the words of Lord Vishnu and then got on the chariot with joy and while he was going around in the morning, the wheel of his chariot broke off in the place where the temple is now! Immediately when the king dug, the most beautiful statue of Jaganmohini Keshavaswamy Varla was revealed. The most mellow idol looks like Keshava looking at the front and Jaganmohini looking beautiful at the back. Sthala Purana says that after seeing that beautiful idol, the king gave it to the Veda Gosthas and built a temple, which is famous as Jaganmohini and Keshavalayam. The Keshavaswamy idol in the temple is an excellent sculpture, the front part of Moolavirattu is Keshavaswamy, four arms wearing conch, chakra, mace and padma. On the back is Jaganmohini. It is a sculpture made of Salagrama rock. Each and every limb of the 5 feet tall Swami's body is delicately and beautifully sculpted. Dashavatars of Vishnu, Narada, Tumburus, Lord Krishna lifting Govardhanagiri in the crescent-shaped makara motif over the head, are delicately carved. Water drips from between the feet of Sri Kesavaswamy. According to legend, the Ganges was born from Lord Vishnu's feet. This is called 'Gandakiganga'. It is said that there is no other place in India where these two forms of idol are found together.
Shri Jaganmohini Keshava Alayam - Rally
Located in Samarlakota, is the 60 feet temple built in two storeyed structure. The temple was built by Bhima Maharaja of the Chalukya dynasty in the 9th century in the similar lines as that of Draksharamam.
Sthalapuranam : When Sri Subrahmanyaswamy killed Tarakasura, the Atmalinga in the neck of that demon fell in five places. The five places where the Shivalinga fell are considered as Pancharama Kshetras. Amareshwara Temple in Amaravati, Sivakshetra in Draksharam, Somararam in Kotipalli, Ksheeraram (Palakollu) in Kakinada, this Kumararama in Samarlakota. These five Divyakshetras are known as Pancharamas and are famous for leaving an indelible mark on the hearts of devotees. The Shiva lingam is 9 feet tall and white in color. The consort of Shiva at this place is Bala Tripurasundari.
