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Srisailam Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/srisailam page 1 Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. When To Max: 19.0°C Min: Rain: 102.0mm Srisailam 22.89999961 8530273°C Attain mental peace and Aug enlightenment at this pilgrim VISIT Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, centre that traces its roots back to umbrella. http://www.ixigo.com/weather-in-srisailam-lp-1064260 Max: Min: 15.5°C Rain: 78.0mm the Puranas. The mystical woods of 22.79999923 the Nallamala Hills are cut through 7060547°C Jan by River Krishna in this town which Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Sep Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, boasts of having India's largest Famous For : City Max: Min: Rain: 0.0mm 27.60000038 19.79999923 umbrella. tiger reserve called the Srisailam 1469727°C 7060547°C Max: Min: Rain: 192.0mm Sanctuary. 17.89999961 18.60000038 The town is most famous for Bhramaramba Feb 8530273°C 1469727°C Mallikarjuna Temple, one of the 12 Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. 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Carry Light woollen. 7060547°C Max: 24.0°C Min: Rain: 6.0mm 25.70000076 2939453°C What To Jun Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, umbrella. This Pdf and its contents are copyright © SEE 2013,ixigo.com, all rights reserved. ixigo logo, the character and all other marks displayed herein are Max: 22.0°C Min: Rain: 99.0mm registered and/or common law trademarks of 5 Sights ixigo.com and/or third parties. 21.29999923 7060547°C http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-srisailam-lp-1064260 Jul Srisailam Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/srisailam page 2 of the goddess ruled the world. He had the Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh 518101, 1 Bhramaramba Devi Temple boon of not getting killed by any two-footed 3 Shikaresvara Temple India or 4-footed creature. Acknowledging his A tough climb of 150 steps brings visitors to power, the devatas appealed to the Mother Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple this Shiva temple; it is another 20 steps to Goddess for a solution. He refused on the has a large idol of Nandi, facing the sanctum the summit. One can get a distant view of grounds that the demon was her which presides over a pillared hall. A space the Srisailam Temple through the space worshipper and as such she could do him has been provided for breaking coconuts between the horns of the Nandi idol here. no harm. The devatas cunningly made him near it. Carvings of peacocks and other rich The temple houses a Shivaling. The stop worshipping the goddess by taunting patterns embellish the pillars. The door to panoramic view of the town, valleys, forests him of bowing down to the Gods. After he the sanctum is silverplated. To its left is the and hills from the temple is breathtaking. At stopped worshipping, the goddess took the idol of Ratnagarbha Ganapati. To the right about 2,811 ft, this is the highest point in the avatar of Bhramaramba and released are Veerabhadra Swamy (the guardian region. thousands of bees, which killed him and his deity), and Bhadrakali. The small black linga has a hooded golden cover. The garbha clan in minutes. 4 Sakshi Ganapati Temple griha is small and only priests are allowed inside. To the north of the sanctum, in the Andhra Pradesh, India Festivals prakara, are the five lingas installed by the Pandavas, a temple for Veerabhadra Sakshi Ganapati Temple has trees around Swamy, and a well from which water is Navaratri and Kumbham are the main the 10 steps to a temple where a black idol drawn for the pujas. There is heightened festivals celebrated here. of Ganapati resides. He is sakshi (witness) to devotional fervour as chants of ‘Om Namah a devotee’s visit and is thus the first place of 2 Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple Shivaya ’ fill the air, and the nearly 50m long, Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India worship here orderly and disciplined line inches its way towards the sanctum, constantly monitored Bhramaramba Devi Temple or 5 Hathakesvara Temple by guards. Near the western gopuram, 30m Bhramaramba Mallikarjunaswamy Temple, away from the sanctum of the main temple, is dedicated to Devi Bhramaramba (an statues depict the tableau of Chandravati, a incarnation of Shakti). It ranks at number 15 legendary maiden whose devotion to Shiva amongst the 51 shakti Peethas scattered was total. Here she is seen with a garland, around the Indian subcontinent. The name worshipping a Shivaling placed on a come from two words pedestal. Twenty metres to the north of the bhramar and sanctum in the Mallikarjuna Swamy amba that together mean Mother of Bees. Temple is another marble statue, depicting Bhramaramba handing over a sword to Chhatrapati Shivaji. Legend This is a small temple housing a linga. According to legends, Arunasura, a devotee Srisailam Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/srisailam page 3 Opposite is the Ashwathakatte (stone platform round the base of a pipal tree), with a nagapratisthe. Where To Eat 1 Places http://www.ixigo.com/foods-in-of-srisailam-lp-1064260 1 Ganga Restaurant.