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VIJAYAWADA
- KANAKADURGA AALAYAM |
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According
to legends, there lived in this region, in the dim past two demons-Sambha-Nisumbhas
powerful and harmful. They obtained a strange boon of not meeting death at the
hands of males. So they were puffed up with pride. They wrssought havoc on sages by
obstructing the nityanaimithika pujas and their yagasalas were destroyed. The
performers were put to death. There was misery stationed in the asramavatikas,
instead of Santidevata moving about with gaiety, spelling light and sweetness at
her every step. Unable to stand the atrocities, the sages prayed to goddess
Gowri.
Pitying them, She created a power full goddess called Kausaki and entrusted her
with the task of protecting the Rishi vatikas, She was a paragon of beauty,
capable of hypnotising the on-lookers with a single look. The fame of her
bewitching beauty, spread far and wide. Chanda - Mundas - the ministers of Sumbha
Nisumbhas advised them to marry her.
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