PRODDUTUR - SIVAALAYAM

Proddutur, one of the highly advanced and most flourishing towns in the district of Cuddapah of Andhra Pradesh, boasts of two grand Siva temples of great antiquity. This major town is making spectacular progress in the fields of commerce, religion and literature , as evidenced by enviable trade connections it has with major metropolitan cities of India, and enshrining ancient temples, besides being the birth place of some famous poets. The Kanyakaparameswari temple with its imposing dimensions and grand architectural adornments has won laurels to the spiritual glory of the country. The lavish expenditure on a wide variety of devotional programmes it has been carrying on, mirrors its great contribution to the furtherance of theism. The very same community is extending its support to the performance of Saivagamic spiritual activities of the Sivaalayas of the town.

The two Sivaalayas are situated, strangely enough in posh localities, one in the old town, amidst good old buildings and business establishments, and the other in the upcoming modern locality called Light Palem. They contain all the worshipful Saivate gods in beautifully built niches. People visit in thousands both in mornings and evenings. The periodical festivals like Sivaratri are conducted on grand scale deserving emulation.

They lie in the old town and new town and are accessible by train upto Yarraguntla on the broad gauge line of Southern Railway,, and from four wheelers from there.

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