Sri Chintala Venkata Ramana Swamy Temple - Tadipatri
Sri Chintala Venkataramana Swamy Temple is located in Tadipatri town in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Venkata Ramana Swamy is
an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He is 10 feet tall.
On Mukkoti Ekadasi day
the sun rays touch the feet of Venkataramana Swany for 3 days continuously
(Ekadasi, Dwadashi, trayodasi) which happens once a year.
This temple was built
during the 16th century.
One fine day Villagers
living nearby heard huge noise from a Tamarind tree. The Villagers gathered
around Tree to inspect and were surprised to see Vishnu Idol lying inside the
Tree hole. Hence the name Chinthala Venkataramana Swamy Temple.
The Raja Gopuram faces
the east and is a solid structure, built using stone and brick. The stone part
contains figures of Vidyadhara, Apsaras and Avatars, Elephants, and Horses
arranged on different levels. Behind the Mukhamandapa is a Rangamandapa, which
has scenes of the Ramayana and rare sculptures of the Vishnu avatars, the
Mukhamandapa has forty pillars in the Vijayanagar style. In the temple
courtyard, Dhwaja Stambham is there, which is more than the height of the
temple walls.
Pillars and Temple walls
were sculptured with images from the epics of Ramayana, Mahabharatha, and
Bhagavatha. These sculptures were carved in a sequence that narrates the epics.
One should not miss the carvings of Kaliya Mardhana Krishna's room from the
Mahabharata and sequences from the Ramayana on the walls of the corridor
(mandap). There is an octagonal-shaped flower on the roof of the corridor and
the temple was built in the time of the Vijayanagar dynasty.
Temple Timings: 6am
to 1pm & 4pm to 8pm.
How to reach the Temple :
56 km from Anantapur & 108
Km from Kadapa.
1km from Tadipatri
Nearby Temples :
Tadipatri, Sri Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple – 1 km
Aluru Kona, Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple – 12 km
Yaganti
Sri Umamaheswara Swamy Temple – 73km
Kasapuram Sri Nettikanti Anajaneya
Swamy Temple– 84km
Kadiri Lakshmi Narsimha Swamy Temple – 105km.
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