Tripuranthakeswara Temple, Tripuranthakam
Tripuranthakeswara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located at Tripuranthakam in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Location
[edit]Tripurantakam is located on the national highway from Guntur to Srisailam. Sri Bala Tripura Sundari Ammavari temple is located at a distance of 2 km from Tripurantakam village. Sri Tripurantakeswara Swamy is on the top of a hill. Goddess Sri Bala Tripura Sundari is located down the hill, in the midst of a tank. According to the temple legend, Sri Bala Tripurasundari ammavari temple is the eastern gateway of Srisailam Sri Bramaramba Mallikarjuna swamy temple.[1]
Presiding deity
[edit]The presiding deity in the garbhagudi, represented by the lingam, is known as Sri Bala Tripurantakeswara.
Vaippu Sthalam
[edit]It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar.[2] This temple is very near to Lakshmi Narasimha Temple. This is also one of the Sakthi Peetams.
References
[edit]- ^ Staff Reporter (2015-09-07). "Chandi Mahayagam begins at Tripurantakam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, 6-7-5
External links
[edit]- http://stsd.in/
- https://www.aptaeguides.com/en/places/pl12/tripurantakam-prakasam Archived 2022-11-16 at the Wayback Machine