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Uniqueness
What a sweet name ! And how spontaneous is the flow of melody that
meets the ears at its very mention; grand is its composition, and
grander is the denotation, and grandest is the spectacle of
compassion emanating from that unique fourteen-foot-high
Swayamvyakta linga, installed in a two-tiered temple of Drakshramam
town, drawing thousands of devotees throughout the year from all
parts of our Punya Bharat, since the Krita yuga onwards. Can it be
otherwise?
For,
it is in this holy place that the All-merciful Mahadev is abiding to
conferring bhoga on the devotees, while living and moksha on death,
unlike other similar archamurtis renowned for granting emancipation
sans bhoga; it is this kshetra entered in the records as the
Northern tip demarcating the boundary of the once Trilinga desa, now
called Andhra Pradesh; it is to this kshetra of peace and plenty,
Vedavyasa came as directed by Mata Annapurneswari for settlement; it
is in this Dakshina Kasi, the great sage Agasthya stayed for years,
after humbling the ever-growing Vindhyas; and it is here
Dhakshaprajapathi lived, and Mother Parvathi burnt her self, when
insulted by none but her own father.
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