Koulutla Chennakesava Temple
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Koulutla Chennakesava Temple
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Koulutla Chenna Kesava Temple is Located in Reserved forest of Kappatralla, Which is 50 KM from The district Head quarters (Kurnool District). The great Vijayanagara King, Sri Krishna Deva Raya, constructed a temple complex for the deity. Along with Koulutla Chena Kesava Temple there are 3 more Shiva temples in this shrine.
1. Mallikarjuna Swamy, Bramarambika and Vijaya Vinayaka Temple.
2. Lord Dakshinamurthy Temple.
3. Lord Viswanatha Temple.
History of Temple
- King Parikshith, the grandson, of Arjuna ruled over Hastinapura after Pandavas retired to Kailasa. One day, Parikshith was thirsty while on a hunting trip to the forest. He found a saint in deep meditation. He asked for water and the Rishi (saint) did not reply. Parikshith got frustrated and played a prank by putting a dead snake around the neck of the Rishi. He was cursed by the Rishi that he would die of a snake bite within a week and he died consequently at the hands of the Naga prince Takshaka.
- When Janamejaya, the son of Parikshith became the King, he wanted to avenge the death of his father and performed Sarpa Yaga (serpent penance). Things then took a fateful turn. Astika, who was born of a man and a Naga woman, came to the snake sacrifice and seeing what was happening, explained to Janamejaya that Takshaka was safe under Indra's protection. Janamejaya was extremely pleased to have gotten this valuable information and granted Astika a wish. Astika asked to stop the snake sacrifice, instead of asking for gold or silver.
- Then Saint Vasista asked Janamejaya to perform consecration (Prathista) of Vishnava temples to redeem the sins of killing innocent snakes during Sarpa Yaga. Consequently, Chennakesava idol was consecrated in Koundinya Asrama to perform regular pujas. After many years, the idol was covered by an ant hill (putta). In 11th century A.D., Golla Koulutla observed that his cow was letting its milk flow to the ant hill (putta). That night, Lord Chennakesava (Vishnu) appeared in his dream and told him to remove the anthill and re-consecrate His idol. Koulutla dutifully followed the instructions and from then on the deity was known as Koulutla Chennakesava Swami.
Photo Gallarey
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Chenaa Kesava and Mahalakshmi Idols -
Vutsava Idols
References
Kurnool District
Vijayanagara King
Krishna Deva Raya