Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple - Hamsala Deevi
- As per Puranas this place is very powerful and holy.
- Visiting this temple on Magha Pournami is Considered Auspicious.
Sri Venugopala Swamy is the presiding deity of this
temple. Goddess Rukmini and Satyabhama are the consorts of Venugopala Swamy.
It is among the 180 Sacred Vishnu temples in India.
This temple has a huge Raja gopuram with 5 tiers, Dhwaja
Stambham is placed in front of the temple. Hamsala Deevi Venugopala Swamy Temple
has a great ancient history dating back to the Pallavas and Chalukyas dynasties.
Temple walls were richly carved with the sequences of Ramayana.
As per the folklore, Two
Gandharvas while flying over the Krishna delta, they came across a sage who was
black in color. Gandharvas made fun of him. The angered sage cursed Gandharvas
to become crows. Gandharvas regretted their mistake and pleaded with Sage for the
solution. Sage asked them to take a bath in the river Krishna near
Hamsaladeevi. As advised they took a bath here and got their actual form as Swan
(Hamsa). Hence, the place is popular with Hamsaladeevi.
According to the Puranas,
This place is very powerful and also a holy place. So the devatas decided
to build a temple of Lord Vishnu. They start building the temple inform of
disappearing to Hanuman at night time. After some time they heard cock sound. Then
they were disappointed and got back to their world. These stories were
more in Puranas about this temple. Another interesting story attached to this
place is sages in the form of Swans used to worship the Lord in the night after
taking a bath in the river Krishna. Therefore, this place got the name
Hamsaladeevi.
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