Pushpagiri kadapa

The pushpagiri mountain near Pennar river attracts many tourist from various parts of country mainly from Andhrapradesh Karnataka, Tamilnadu.There are temples of Sri Kamaleswara, Sri Hachaleswara and Sri Pallaveswara in pushpagiri mountains. The main attraction of Sri Chennakesava Swamy temple dedicated to Lord Mahavishnu on the opposite bank of the Pennar

Pushpagiri Temple History:
pushpagiri Templepushpagiri Temple is a Advaita philosophy, popular as second Hampi, with 17 ancient temples history of the 11th to 16th century in Vallur mandal, regarding 15 km. from Kadapa, nearest Pennar river. The bridge of 285 metres length and a pair of.50 metres breadth, calculable to price Rs. 5 crore, was approved by the regime beneath the Heritage business Circuit programme from Sri Kamakshi Vaidyanatha Swamy temple, pushpagiri temple on the rivers of Pennar river to Sri Hindu deity Chennakesava Swamy temple on the opposite bank, superintending engineer of panchayet rule S. Jagath Kumar told The Hindu . The 20-km travel from the Sri Lakshmi Chennakesava Swamy temple to succeed in Sri Kamakshi Vaidyanatha Swamy temple, pushpagiri temple by road, while not venturing to cross Pennar river that has many whirlpools, would be bog down to half km. as a result of the bridge.

The puspagiri temple pilgrim centre brims with devotees during Sivarathri and Vaikuntha Ekadasi. Pushpagiri has a Trikooteswara shrine opposite the Pushpagiri Matham, pushpagiri temple. There are temples of Sri Kamaleswara, Sri Hachaleswara and Sri Pallaveswara geological dating to 1255 AD. The Sri Bhimeswara temple has figures of elephants, lions and sages and also the ceiling is adorned with lozenge style with a lotus medallion within the centre and its entrance has parapet walls lined by elephant heads with long trunks. Sri Kamakshi Vaidyanatha Swamy temple dates back to the Chola period.

The main attraction of Sri Chennakesava Swamy temple dedicated to Lord Mahavishnu on the opposite bank of the Pennar, which might be reached by crossing a shallow pool of water with a flight of steps and an attractive gopuram entranceway, is that the sacred Amrit Sarovar.

This pool is believed to own charming powers to reverse ageing, as legend has it that once Garuda was carrying nectar from Indraloka, a drop fell in it and was a sacred pool.

Narrative sculpture of Pushpagiri Temple:

Pushpagiri has ancient temples of Sri Indranatheswara, Sri Rudrapaada, Sri Vishnupaada, Sri Bhimeswara, Sri Saakshi Malleswara geological dating to the 10th century. The temples of Sri Uma Maheswara, Sri Santana Malleswara and Sri Lakshmi Chennakesava Swamy abound in narrative sculpture of the Vijayanagara kingdom from epics just like the Ramayana, Mahabharatum and Bhagavatam, besides Saivite mythology. Pushpagiri that derives its name from hills showing sort of a flower, finds a mention within the Sundarakanda of saint Valmiki’s Ramayanam and had 101 temples in earlier period.