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.
Tadipatri, Sri Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple – 1 km
Aluru Kona, Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple – 12 km
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