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SRISAILAM
- MALLIKARJUNA JYOTIRLINGA |
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Kshetra And The Temple
The sthalapurana gives an elaborate account of this Srisaila kshetra
covering a very wide area 30 x 30 armadas with four entrances - -
Trinurantakam in the East, Siddavatam
in the South, Alampuram in the West and Umamaheswaram in the North,
encompassing in its wide area as' many as nine holy peaks, nine
rivers, nine caves, nine towns, nine wells and nine Matapeetas.
Skandapurana devotes as many on 12,500 slokas to bring about the
glory of this famous Saivakshetra, besides the Vedas and Epics grew
eloquent in description of this. The sacred shrine atop the hill of
1500 feet above sea level, looking like the crest jewel of the
Nallamalai hills is looking upon the holy river Krishna called
Patalaganga here.
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