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THE
TEMPLE
Situated
atop the Ratnagiri-a little hillock amidst the picturesque natural
evergreen surroundings-the lovely sight of Bay of Bengal on one
side, long chain of Eastern ghats on the other; sumptuous tall palms
fringing on the green paddy fields and drenched by the holy waters
of the river Pampa, the sacred shrine wafts the souls heavenwards at
its first sight. This sacred thirtha Kshetra casts an irresistible
attraction on the devotees. As it commands picturesque
multi-coloured eyeful sights and is blessed with el bracing climate,
many sophisticated treat it as an ideal picnic spot and frequent it
very often. Even the travellers journeying in trains and buses visit
this, lured by the tall towers and dazzling white walls of the
temple buildings coming into their sight from miles around. As it is
surrounded by quite flowing Pampa, normally bhaktas take their bath
in the river, and walk along the path well-laid out with broad stone
steps, numbering about 250, in hardly 10 minutes with utmost ease
sans fatigue touching their body; yet the Devasthanam Authorities
have laid out a ghat road for the convenience of the old and
infirm.
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