Malakonda is a village in Valetivari Palem,

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district,

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. A temple for Hindu Narasimha (avatar of Vishnu) Sri Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam is located here.

Temples

Sri Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam

Sri Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam is a

Narasimha Narasimha ( sa, नरसिंह, lit=man-lion, ), sometimes rendered Narasingha, is the fourth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is regarded to have incarnated in the form of a part-lion, part-man being to slay Hiranyakashipu, to end rel ...

Swamy (avatar of Sri Maha

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...

). He is the Swamy of Malyadri (Malakonda). A large number of devotees visit the sacred shrine of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha to pay their homage to him. Malyadri is one of the NavaNarasimhas (Nine Narasimhas). 'Malyadri' means hills arranged as a garland (mala). It may also be derived from Malaya (Hill in all of the Southern Indian languages). Malayadri means the Range of Hills, denoting their very geologically dominating nature in an otherwise flat plain land of the South Eastern Deccan Plateau. This hill range is also called the Nalla Mala (beautiful hill) range. The range runs north to south. Starting at Vijayapuri at the extreme north (Nagarjunakonda Dam) to Tirupati at the southern edge. At the western edge of Malyadri stands the Ahobhila Narasimha Swamy. At the northwest of Malyadri stands the

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. To the south Vrushabhachala kshetram, east side of Malyadri has the Narasimha swamy of

Singarayakonda Singarayakonda is a town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Singarayakonda mandal. Singarayakonda is located at sea level. It is spread across 10 Grama panchayats. It is under Kandukur ...

, south side of Malyadri has the

Penna River Penna (also known as Pinakini, Pennar, Penner, Penneru (Telugu), Pennai (Tamil)) is a river of southern India. This is a unique river in world where after originating from Nandi hills, it flows as two different streams, one in North and South ...

(Pinakini). North side of Malyadri has the Krishna River. All the devotees of Malyadri give their children names related to Sri Malyadri Narasimha, for males, and related to Sri Mahalakshmi for females.

Sri Mahalakshmi Devi sameta Sri Malayadri Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam

Sri Mahalakshmi Devi Mata is the mother goddess of Malyadri. She is located at the top of the Hill of Malyadri. Here Sri Narasimha Swamy and the Sri Mahalakshmi Devi give blessings to the Devotees.

Other local temples

* Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple * Sri Shiva Temple * Sri Parvati Devi Temple * Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple

Sapta Teerthams

There are seven Teerthams on Malyadri. * Narasimha Teertham (the current teertham) * Varuna Teertham *

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* Agasthya Teertham * Sankara Teertham * Jyothi Teertham * Indra Teertham

Location

There are three ways to reach the Malakonda. The east route is via

Kandukur Kandukur or Kandukuru is a town in SPSR Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Kandukur mandal as well as Kandukur revenue division. Kandukur Mandal is located at the south-east sid ...

and Lingasamudram from

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district. The west route is from

Pamur Pamuru is a town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Pamuru mandal in Kanigiri revenue division. This is the border town of Prakasam district. This is near from Nellore than Ongole around ...

, Prakasham district. The south route is via

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and Kondapuram from either

Kavali Kavali is a town in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh of India. It also serves as headquarters of Kavali mandal and Kavali revenue division.It is one of the few cities from Andhra Pradesh which were selected for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation a ...

, Nellore district or

. There are three ways to reach the Temple (Sri Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devastanam) from Malakonda. Google Map

References

External links

Malakonda at Prakasam District
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