Situated near Palakol, Andhra Pradesh, Sivadevuni Chikkala is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Shiva lingam in this temple was installed by Lord Hanuman. The temple was constructed by the King of Mogalturu a few hundred years back.

location Andhra Pradesh, West Godavari, Amaravathi

Legend

According to the legends, Lord Sri Rama asked Hanuman to bring a Shiva lingam to perform pooja to Lord Shiva to get rid of the sin of killing Ravana, a Brahmin. Hanuman went to Kasi and a selected a beautiful Shiva lingam and kept that lingam in a chikkam (nest of threads) and starts travelling back. During his journey, Hanuman stopped at this village to perform his early morning pooja and kept the lingam there. When he returned after the pooja, he was not able to lift the lingam. The Lingam got installed at this place at the same muhurtham that Lord Rama was supposed to install the lingam. As the Lord Siva was installed here along with the chikkam, this village is called Sivadevuni chikkala.

Architecture

The temple has a three and a half feet tall lingam head with the foot radius. The temple also houses the shrine of Goddess Parvati and Lakshmi narayana temple.There is a huge beautiful lake behind this temple.

Culture

West Godavari is well known for its wool-pile carpets and hand woven products. There are many landmarks and tourism destinations in the district. Eluru is the largest city of the district with many destinations related to Buddhists and Archeological importance such as Guntupalli Caves near the city.Eluru city hosts 74 feet high Buddha statue in the heart of the city.Buddha Park at Eluru.Some of the religious destinations include, Dwaraka Tirumala known with the name as Chinna Tirumala,Pancharama Kshetras of Palacole and Bhimavaram etc.Other destinatins of tourism importance are Perupalem Beach at Narasapuram, the Kolleru Lake being the largest fresh water in the country and a bird sanctuary, Dowleswaram Barrage and Godavari river

Darsan Info

Timings : 7:00 AM To 8:30 PM

Darsan Dresscode

Clean and conservative clothing preferred : avoid shorts.

Famous Festival

Maha Shivarathri, Laksha Bilvarchana during karthika masam, Sivaratri radhotsavam, Laksha Kunkumarchana and Chandi Yagam are also celebrated here every year.

Temple Rituals

Daily pooja and seva programs starts from morning 7:00 AM to evening 8:30 PM. The seva programs are scheduled as per the temple calender.

Additional Info

 

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