Sri Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple - Palakollu
Sri Ksheera
Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple is located in Palakollu in the West Godavari district
of Andhra Pradesh State.
It is one of the
Pancharama Temple.
The presiding deity of
this temple is Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy, an incarnation of Lord Shiva.
Here
Lord is in the form of Lingam with 2 feet height.
The Shiva lingam at
Ksheerarama temple is the tallest one and is found unique milky white color.
Sri Adi Sankaracharya
installed Sri Chakram in this temple.
It is believed that
staying one day in Kshirarama is equivalent to staying one year in Varanasi.
The temple complex has
many shrines, for many gods and goddesses like, Surya, Parvati, Lakshmi,
Nagareshwara, Ganesha, Veerabhadra, the eight Matrikas, Durga, Brahma,
Saraswati, Kartikeya, Bhairava, Nagadeva, Nataraja, Dattatreya, Nageshwara,
Shani, Krishna and Radha, and Shiva.
This temple Raja Gopuram
measures 120 feet in height with 9 floors, constructed by Sri Alladu Reddy during the 14th Century, and Dhwaja Stambham is placed in front of the temple. During the 17th
century, the Kalyana mandapam (choultry) and Astha Bhuja Lakshmi Narayanaswamy
Alaya were constructed. There are 72 pillars made of black stone in the
temple mandapa. Also inside the garbhalaya, Gokarneshwara and Vigneshwara
alayas are situated at the left and Kshiralingam is located in the center.
Upamanyu, the son of sage Kaushik, requested Lord Shiva to grant him enough milk to carry on the temple rituals. Lord Shiva filled the Ksheera Pushkarni Tank with
the mythical milky ocean (Ksheera Sagaram). Hence this place is known by different names, Ksheerarama, Palakollu, and Dugdhapovanam.
Lord Ram along with Sita
and Lakshman had worshipped Shiva at this spot. Once, Maharishi Agastya told
Lord Ram that his complexion had become black after killing Ravana who was a
Brahmin. To get rid of the black complexion, Lord Ram was advised to
take a dip in the holy river and also install Shiva Lingas. After the installation
of various Shiva Lingas, Lord Rama, Goddess Sita, and Lakshmana decided to visit the Gosthani River to install Shiva Linga. Goddess Sita had asked Hanuman to
acquire it. Hanuman couldn’t arrive on time and Sita made a Shiva Linga
containing sand and snails. She did puja for the lingam. When Hanuman saw this,
he was disappointed. Hence Lord Ram assured Hanuman that first, devotees would
pray in front of the Shiva Linga brought by him and then that of Sita.
This temple was built
during the 9th century.
Mahasivaratri is an
important festival when thousands offer prayers to seek the blessings
of the Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy to attain Mukti.
ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಇಂದು ರಾತ್ರಿಯೊಳಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಕೈ ಕಾಲಿಗೆ ಶಕ್ತಿ ನೀಡು ತಂದೆ, ನಿನ್ನಯ ದರ್ಶನ ಪಡೆದು, ರುದ್ರಾಭಿಷೇಕ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಅರ್ಚನೆ, ಅನ್ನದಾನ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, 108 ತುಪ್ಪದ ದೀಪ ಹಚ್ಚಿ, ಒಂದು ಮಡಿಕೆ ದೀಪದ ಎಣ್ಣಿ ಹರಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವೆ ತಂದೆ ದಯಮಾಡಿ ಇಂದು ರಾತ್ರಿಯೊಳಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಕೈ ಕಾಲಿಗೆ ಶಕ್ತಿ ನೀಡಿ ಕಾಪಾಡು ತಂದೆ.
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