Located in the heart of the Nellore city, Andhra Pradesh, Sri Mulasthaneswara Swamy temple also famous as Mulapet Shivalayam is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is said to be 1400 years old.

location Andhra Pradesh, Nellore, Amaravathi

Legend

According to the temple legends, once there lived a person named Mukanti Reddy, who used to graze cattle in the forest. One day Mukanti noticed that one of his cow is not yielding milk and instructed the cowherd to keep an eye on that particular cow to find out why it is not giving milk. Cowherd noticed that cow moved away from the others and emptying it's milk on an ant-hill. Seeing this, he raised his axe to beat the cow; however, the axe hit the rock in the ant-hill from where the blood starts oozing out.  Seeing this, he ran to his master and told about the incident. That very night, Mukanti had a dream which instructed him to build a temple at the ant-hill for Lord Shiva. Later, Mukanti build a temple at this place and the place came to known as Mulasthana Ishwara.

Architecture

The temple tower is colorful and has images of gods and goddesses done in stucco work. A large sculpted image of Lord Shiva, in a posture of giving away blessings to the visiting devotees is placed on a roof top of four pillared mandapam (hall) which is in front of the courtyard of the temple tower.  There is a huge Ganesha idol in the temple.

Culture

The culture of Nellore is very vibrant and unique. The linguists from the city played a pivotal role in the evolution of Telugu as a language. The ancient dance forms of Annamayya, Kuchipudi and Tyagaraja are still practiced in the city.

Darsan Info

06.30 AM to 12.00 PM and from 05.00 PM to 09.00 PM

Darsan Dresscode

Wear modest clothes and avoid shorts and skirts while visiting temple

Famous Festival

Shiva ratri, Ugadi, Sankranthi

Temple Rituals

Daily Morining pooja and abisheka to be performed at 06:30 A.M onwards,there after daily sevas to be performed as per the temple schedule

Additional Info


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