TIRUPATHI - KAPILATHIRTHA SIVALAYAM

This lone cave Siva temple lying at the foot of Seven Hills near Alipiri - the extreme north end of Tirupathi town has a great spiritual significance. It stands chanting Sivanama perpetually, despite saturated and pervaded by the mystic ringing notes of `Govinda', emanating round the clock from the devotion-soaked throats of bhaktas, visiting the holiest of holies. The enchanting two-foot-high black granite Sivalinga bedecked with diamond studded triple lines on the forehead wring veneration at the first sight and bends heads in veneration unknown to the bhaktas standing in front. That sight is a feast to the eyes and haunts the minds hours after seeing. The sight of the idol of Mother. Parvathi in standing posture installed in a small shrine next also lifts the soul and fills the eyes with divinity.

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