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Abodes of Shiva

The temple is located 7 miles from the Nandiyal Rail Station on the Guntakal - Guntur Rail Route. When the people come from north, from Hyderabad to Kurnool they can come by train and from Kurnool by road they can reach this temple via Aathmakor. We can also reach this temple from Cuddapah.

The temple also has a unique vigraha of Ganapati called Sri Nagayagnopaveetha Ganapati who is seen wearing a hissing snake as his sacred thread. We can see Dakshinamurthy as the Veerasana Dakshinamurthy seated with his right foot placed on an Asura and his left leg folded beneath him. The shrine of Devi Vishnu Durga found in this temple is unique as it shows Durga in a calm and peaceful aspect. There is also a unique idol of Sarabamoorthy, who is Lord Shiva in his leonine form.

According to Shiva Purana, when Shri Ganesh was married of before Kartikeya, and because of this Kartikeya became angry, and despite being stopped and consoled by his parents Shiv-Parvati, went away to the Kraunch Mountain. Even the Gods went and tried consoling Kartikeya, but all their efforts were in vain, because of all this Shiv-Parvati were very sad and both decided that they would to Kraunch mountain themselves. When Kartikeya came to know that his mother-father have arrived he went away. Eventually Lord Shiva assumed the form of Jyotirlinga and resided on that mountain by the name of Mallikarjuna. Mallika means Parvati, while Arjuna is another name of Shiva. In this way both Shiva and Parvati reside in this linga. The shrine dedicated to Bhramaramba is considered to be of great significance. Legend has it that Durga is said to have assumed the shape of a bee and worshipped Shiva here, and chose this place as her abode.