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Alivelu Mangapuram Temple

Trichanoor, Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temple is situated 5 Kms fro Tirupathi. It is also called as Alamelu Mangapuram , one of the important  temples  in Tirupathi . It is 3rd temple in the sequence of temples to be visited in Tirupathi. (Checkout my other article, Tirumala Tirupathi ).  Sri Padmavathi is the divine consort of Lord Venkateswara. The history behind the Padmavathi Temple is  Once Brugu Maharshi insulted Lord Vishnu by kicking him  with his feet, then Lord Vishnu forgives him, but Godess Lakshmi got angry and went to patalaloka. Then a divine voice heard to her that there is pushkarini on the banks of river Swarna mukhi. For 12 years she went into penance and in the 13th year she came out from Pushkarini sitting in a lotus flower on Panchami thithi Kartheeka Masam, Uttarashada Nakshatram. As she came out from a lotus flower she is called as Padmavathi who is the Goddess Lakshmi herself. Sri Padmavathi is the daughter of Aakasha Raja. Lo...
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Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple , Zaheerabad.

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Sri siddi vinayaka temple is at Rejinthal, Zaheerabad, Medak district, Telengana. It  is nearer to Hyderabad and is at a distance of 108 kilometers.  Zaheerabad was previously called Pedda Ekkheli. It was later named as Zaheerabad by the name of  the paigah nawab,  Zaheerabad Yar Jung. The idol in the temple is Vinayaka (Lord Ganesha) called as Siddhi Vinayaka. The temple though looks like recently built it has a history of 207 years. The H.H. Shiva Ram Bath  Jyoshi of Maharashtra prayed Lord Ganesh  in this place while he was on the way to Tirupathi. Pleased with his prayers Lord Ganesha came out of the earth in that place as Siddi Vinayaka. The name siddhi indicates success. People who visit this temple are granted success. The idol in this temple is a svayambhu (came itself from earth). The idol is beautiful which is of rock and decorated with sandalwood paste.  Lord  Siddhi Vinayaka faces south side and this is the o...
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Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple Simhachalam

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Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple is situated in Simahachalam, 15k ms from Visakhapatnam. The main idol of this temple is Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy. Lakshmi is the consort of Narasimha Swamy. There are 10 Incarnations of Lord Vishnu.  Varaha is the third and Narasimha is the Fourth  incarnation. The idol in this temple is the combination of two incarnations of Lord Vishnu. The history of Simahachalam temple links back to Purana's and there are some interesting facts about this history. Those facts goes as: There was a demon called Hiranyakasipu. Prahlada was the son of the demon King Hiranyakasipu .  Prahlada was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. Being a demon Hiranyakasipu did not like that.  He forced him to stop worshipping Vishnu and punished him severely. There are four places where he punished his son. They are: 1.Simahachalam 2.Kruthasoucham 3.Harampapam 4.Ahobalam. At Visakhapatnam sea Hiranya...
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