SRIKALAHASTI

Mother Jnanaprasunambika's shrine lies adjacent, but faces the east. It has also Mukhamantapa and antarala of huge dimensions. The beautiful tall image of the Mother in standing posture exudes compassion through her broad eyes and beckons instant veneration. She confers several boons like santana prapti, dushta grahanivarana, together with wisdom and wealth. After offering soulful prayers to the Mother, the devotees saunter along the huge inner courtyard studded with scores of Sivalingas enshrined in small mandirs. The sculptural adornments made by several rulers starting with Pallavas followed by Emperor Tondaman, Kulothanga Chola, Vara Narasimha, Yadavaraj a, Krishna Devaraya and Atchyuta Raya are of high order and detain the art-lover hours together. Nattukoti Chettiars too made considerable endowments.

Mostly, almost all the devotees visit the Durga shrine and Kannappa temples atop the hillocks lying to the South and North of the main temple. There is a beautiful Panchamukha linga enshrined in a small shrine atop a small hill to the South of the main temple, which is visit worthy.

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