MANGALAGIRI-PANAKA NAIVEDYAM

It is the holiness of this place that keeps sweet meats and jaggery from the menace of ants and flies, as evidenced by their absence in and around temple precincts though mandus of Jaggery are used to offer pankapuja to the Lord; it is here in the dim past Hrusva Sringi, a prince did penance and assumed the shape of an elephant before forming into mountain to be freed from his father's exhortation to return home, giving up a life of austerity.

So, God's preference for jaggery beverage is not without specific background or purpose benignant. The Almighty Providence through every seemingly insignificant act liberates his devout bhaktas and ushers in jagatkalyana. If the mysterious dark curtain is drawn aside, we see only the smiling broad visage of that Omnipresent Lord wreathed in sweet smiles flashing at the sight of his children being lifted by his depthless Karuna. This belief showers bliss.

Location : The temple lies in Mangalagiri, accessible by four wheelers from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

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