Srikalahasti - Srikalahasteeswara Swamy
Temple
శ్రీకాళహస్తి - శ్రీకాళహస్తీశ్వర
స్వామి దేవాలయం
Srikalahasti is a holy town in Chittoor
district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the
mandal headquarters of Srikalahasti mandal in Tirupati revenue division. The
town is a part of Tirupati Urban Development Authority, which is located on the
banks of the River Swarnamukhi. The town is known for Srikalahasteeswara Temple
dedicated to Shiva representing one of the Pancha Bhoota Stalams. The town is
also known for Srikalahasti Kalamkari art for which it had got Geographical
indication Tag.
History
This Srikalahasti town is named after
Sri (spider), Kala (snake) and Hasti (elephant) that once worshiped Shiva
Lingam here and attained Moksham.
The Srikalahasti temple was originally
built during Pallava period. A huge hundred pillared mantapam was built by Sri
Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara dynasty during the 16th century, an important
feature of this shrine.
A historical reference to this temple
occurs in the works of Nakkeerar, a Tamil poet during the Sangam era. He called
it as Southern Kailash. Nakkeera composed hundreds of stanzas to praise
Srikalahasteeswara. Dhoorjati, a Telugu poet native of this place and one among
the ashtadiggajas of Sri Krishnadevaraya's court, composed a hundred stanzas on
Sri Kalahasteeswara.
As per another legend, Vayu and
Adishesha had a dispute to find out who is superior, to prove the superiority
Adishesha encircled the Kailasam, Vayu tried to remove this encircle by
creating Twister. Because of the twister, 8 parts from kailasam fell into 8
different places which are Trincomalee, Srikalahasti, Tiruchirappalli,
Thiruenkoimalai, Rajathagiri, Neerthagiri, Ratnagiri, and Swethagiri
Thirupangeeli.
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