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Yaganti   The holy land of lord Shiva, is about 122 KM from Anantapur City and 88.9KM from Kurnool. It falls in kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. The temple was built in 15th centuary by King Harihara Bukka Raya of Sangam Dynasty. Architecture The temple is spread in very large area and you can reach the temple gopuram through the pond (Pushkarini) or outside it. There is a large nandi sculpture in side the temple. The temple is surrounded by hills from three sides. The place is very pleasant. You can see different designs on rock due to weathering.  Places near temple premises Pushkarini: Its a pond which get filled by the water coming out from the bottom of the hill through mouth of small nandi. People normally take holy bath in this pond. Agastya cave : This is the cave where Agastya rishi performed his penance for Lord Shiva. Venkateswara cave : You can see idol of lord Venkateswara here. Veera Brahmam cav : Its on the other side of the venkate...

Lepakshi Veerbhadra Swamy (Lord Shiva) Temple, Anantapur District Lepakshi is a village in the Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 15 km east of Hindupur and approximately 120 km north of Bangalore. Its almost 110 km from Anantpur town. History Temple was built in 1530 during the Vijayanagar Empire, According to skanda puran its an important pilgrimage of lord shiva. Lepakshi has significance in Ramayana also, it is said that Jataayu (vulture) fought fiercly with Ravana to save Sita, Ravana used his sword and attacked on his feathers and injured him. While he was taking his last breath Lord Rama arrived in search of Sita and he narrated the entire story, Jataayu got moksha on Lord Rama's lap. Places in close proximity Veerbhadra Swamy Temple :- Temple is huge and internal sculpture is very attractive, you can see various idols posing and can see elephants also, there are shivlings in few places  inside the temple premises, there is big shivling...

Sri Seetha Rama Chandra Swamy Temple, Ammapally (Secunderabad, Hyderabad) At a distance of 30 km from Hyderabad and 5 km from Shamshabad Bus Stop, Sri Rama Chandra Swamy Temple of Ammapally is a very ancient Temple and famous for film shootings. The Rama temple was built by Vengi kings in 13th century but the idol was 1000 years old. The temple is adorned with a large seven-story tower which is quite famous among Telugu movie fans. There is a large image of Lord Vishnu is sleeping posture above the gateway of the tower. The tower is followed by the main temple with a large corridor around the temple. The Idols of Rama, Sita and Laxmana and its Makara Thoranam are beautifully formed from single black rock. Anjaneya, usually accompanying Lord Rama, is not seen in the garbhagriha. Instead, Anjaneya Swamy idol is placed near the Dwaja Sthambam facing Sri Rama. There is a large temple pond which is very ancient. The pond is surrounded by porticos and once it provided shelter to t...

Savandurga (Trekking spot near Bangalore/Bengaluru) Savandurga is a hill 60 km west of Bengaluru (Karnataka, India) off the Magadi road 12.919654°N 77.292881°E, in India. The hill is considered to be among the largest monolith hills in Asia.[1] The hill rises to 1226 m above mean sea level and forms a part of the Deccan plateau. It consists of peninsular gneiss, granites, basic dykes and laterites. The Arkavathi river passes nearby through the Thippagondanahalli reservoir and on towards Manchanabele dam. How to reach savandurga from bangalore ? If you are coming from outer ring road the head towards bannergatta toll road, take the toll road towards mysore road, take mysore road exit and join the bangalore mysore highway. You will get crossing for big banyan tree near Raja Rajeswari Dental college. Once you reach Big Banyan tree then take the road that heads towards ISRO, Savandurga is almost 25 KM from Big Banyan Tree. Images of Hill Savandi Veerabhadreshwara Swam...

Srisailam - Mallikarjuna Swamy Jyotirlinga (Lord Shiva) Srisailam is holi place  of lord shiva and parvati.  It is significant to the Hindu sects of both  Shaivam  and  Shaktam  as this temple is referred to as one of the twelve  Jyothirlingas  of Lord Shiva and as one of the eighhteen  Shakti Peethas  of goddess  Parvati . Shiva is worshiped as Mallikarjuna, and is represented by the  lingam . His consort  Parvati  is depicted as Brahmaramba. It is the only temple in India which is revered as both Jyotirlinga and Shaktipeeth. Distance of Hyderabad to Srisailam is - 213KM Entire Srisailam area is covered by dense forest which is Tiger reserve. Places near Srisailam Srisailam Dam - The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh near Srisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in the country.[3] The dam was constructed i...