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NANGUNERI |
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| The squeezed blood
had to be thrown somewhere and it fell on the newly formed earth. The death of his enemies
made Brahma happy and he started his work of creation unopposed. But the unholy blood of
the demons desecrated the sanctity of the earth and the putrified smell contaminated the
country with bad odour, which became a great hindrance to the austere penance of Bhoo Devi
then on earth near Totadri. In response to Bhoo Devi’s penance to get rid of this
contamination of the earth that she personified, Vishnu appeared before her at this spot. The presiding deity in the temple at Nanguneri is the sitting posture of Lord
Vishnu on the couch and canopy of Adi Sesha, with his two consorts Sri Devi and Bhoo Devi
on the two sides besides the celestial dancers Tilottama and Urvasi in attendance with
fans in hand. This place is called a swayanivyakta, kshetram, where God appeared of his
own accord. |
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