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Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple is situated in Penugonda, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. The Main Deity here is Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari  who is the Incarnation of Goddess Parvathi. There are  two other deities Nageswara Swamy and Mahishasuramardhini. The idol looks adorable. The seven storied tower (gopuram) at the entrace depicts the beauty of the temple architecture. The Penugonda Kshetram is considered as Kasi of Vysyas and a holy place for Vysyas. The history behind this temple is  There was a King named Kusuma Shreshty who ruled Vanga Kingdom during 10th and 11th Century A.D.He and his wife Kusumamba used to pray Lord Nageswara Swamy. With a lack of Successor for his kingdom Kusuma Shreshty asked Bhaskaracharya for a remedy to have children. He advised to perform Putrakameshty Yagam. On performing the Yagam they got Prasadam from God Agni. With that Kusumamba gave birth to twins, one male and the other female. The male child wa...

Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Temple, Bikkavolu is a 1100 year old Swayambhu temple. It is situated in Bikkavolu a small village in East Godavari District Andhra Pradesh. The village was actually called as Birudankinavolu and later transformed as Bikkavolu. During the East Chalukya period between 849 -892, The Chalukyas ruled this place with Bikkavolu as capital and constructed many temples. During the 9th century the chalukyas constructed this Swayambhu ( came itself out of the earth) Ganapathi temple. There was a route for soldiers just few yards away from the main idol but now it is called as a pit. The idol is big with 11 feet height and no one knows the base and how depth it is in the underground.  The specialty of this idol is the trunk turns towards south. It is believed that whoever whispers their desires in the ears of the idol they were granted the boons and they revisit the temple. The idols looks beautiful and depicts the art and sculpture Chal...

Sri Mandeswara Swamy (Saneswara) Swamy Temple is a famous Siva Temple sitauted in  Mandapalli, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. Lord Siva is the main idol of the temple which was installed by Lord Sani (Saturn). Lord Sani atoned the sin of Brahmahatya by installing and adoring Lord Siva. As the idol of Siva has been installed by Lord Sani, Lord Eswara is popularly known as Saneswara.  Till oil Abhishekam is genereally done  to Lord Sani. As this Siva Linga has been installed by Lord Sani here Til oil Abhishekam is done to Siva Linga and no other Siva Linga will be having Til oil Abhishekam.  The Mandapalli Kshetra Mahtyam goes as follows: Once there were two demons namely Ashwatha and Pippala. They both used to move in disguise, Ashvatha in the form of a ravi Tree and Pippala in the form of Brahmana. Both used to destroy the yagnas performed by the rishis and they used to eat the Brahmanas who comes to the forest. Then the Rish...

Kunthi Madhava Temple is a famous  temple situated in Pithapuram, East Godavari District, Andhrapradesh. It is one of the ancient Vaishnava temples and of Pancha Madhava Divya Kshetram. It is nearer to the famous Kukkuteswara swamy temple in Pithapuram. Indra, the king of Gods killed a demon called Vruthrasura. To clean himself from the sin he created Pancha Madhavas and Kunthi Madhava temple is one of them. In Tretayuga Sita Rama and in Dwaparayuga Kunti Devi worshipped this Diety. The main diety of this temple is Sri Rajya Lakshmi Sametha Kunti Madhava Swamy. Other dieties in this temple are Sri Kodadevi, Alwars and Sri Ramanujacharyulu. The  Pancha Madhava temples are  Bindu Madhava Temple in Varanasi. it is near Ganga Ghat. Venu Madhava Temple in Prayaga Kunti Madhava Temple in Pitapuram Setu Madhava Temple in Rameswaram. It is near setu Madhava Theertham. Sundhara Madhava Temple in ThiruvananthPurM, Kerala. It is near Ana...

                                            Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple is situated in Kadiri mandal, Ananthapur District. This temple is one of  the prominent  Narasimha Swamy temples of South India. The idol Laksmi Narasimha swamy is Swayabhu ( came itself out of earth) with Ashta Bahu (eight hands). The temple is constructed during the period of Vijayanagara empire. The name of the town Kadiri has got importance with the temple. First, in the name of Khadiri, "kha" means the foot of Vishnu and "Adri" means a Hill.  Second, Kadiri is a type of wood and the dieties of the temple were made of this kadiri wood. Third, the deity was originally found under a Kadiri tree in the midst of jungle of Kadiri trees.  The Kadiri Stalapurana contains 767 Slokas in 13 chapters and it was published by temple authorities.  Acco...

About babies: I had a post previously about babies,their growth and development ( Enjoy...Struggle, Development and Growth of Baby). This is the continuation of that post. For the first six months babies lay down on the bed and roll over but cannot move. They learn and develop on their own with their commitment and dedication. From 7 months they can able to crawl, hold the furniture and cruise along the house. They reach near an object. They become more mobile.  They are on the way in exploring this new world. The later part of the first year is entirely opposite of what has been for the first six months. How excited and interested they are in exploring the things. They want to touch every object to feel the texture as everything is completely new for them and everything ends up in their mouth.  As they crawl they can able to find tiny objects on the floor, which we cannot see and they put them in their mouth. They clap hands if they find anything interest...

The River Godavari also called as River Gouthami links to River Ganga and Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva placed River Ganga on his head. The wife of Lord Shiva, Parvathi was angry on Shiva and want to separate Ganga from Lord Shiva. For this she asked her son Vinayaka to do the needful. There was a Rishi called Gouthama on Brahmagiri Mountain. He was lord shiva devotee and was given a boon so that the crops yield out within minutes of planting the seeds at any climatic conditions. With that boon he used have   food daily  for him as well for people who come to his Ashrama.  Once Gouthama planted some seeds in a place and started doing meditation. As it is as at that place crops yield out immediately.  Observing this Vinayaka  created one Maya Cow and kept it in the middle of the plants. The cow started eating all those plants.  After his meditation Gauthama came and saw the cow eating all the crops. Immediately he took one grass bl...