TRISAKTIPEETHAM

DWARAKA TIRUMALA

This is a Hari-Harakshetra, lying at about 80 Km. off Vijayawada. And is accessible by bus. As the people in this region visit it periodically to offering worship to the Principal Deity - Sri Venkateswara and as almost all rituals and traditions identical to the world-renowned Balaji shrine of Tirumala are followed, it is called small Tirupati. There are two temples here - one for Venkateswara and another for Mallikarjuna on the hillock, looking like a serpent in form, aril justifies to the belief that Ananta, the divine serpent is pleased to take this serpent form to bear on him both Siva and Vishnu - Siva on the flood and Venkateswara on the tail, demonstrating to the world a harmonious blend of Saivism and Vaishnavism - that oneness ensuring bless in this world.

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