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to this lies a big size Sahastralinga with well-carved out thousand
miniature lingas on all sides, surrounded by a three headed Naga.
The old Mallikharjuna shrine is situated a little north of the
Mukhadwara, and it also lures all the devotees with its legend. In
this Prakara there are many more images and shrines worthy of
visitation. Among them Pancha Pandaveswaralayam, Kumaraswamyalayam,
Siddhi Vinayakalayam, Annapurnalayam, Rajarajeswaralayam, Nava
Brahmalayam, Vasantha mantap, Akkamma Mallamma Mantap, Pancha
Nadeswara Mantap, Bringi Mantap etc., deserve mention. Another quegr
object that wrings veneration is the Tripala Vriksham a combination
of three trees-Medi, Juvvi and Ravi. Underneath it there is a
mandap, and a raised dais around. It is here Dattatreya did tapas
and achieved his object; so it goes by the name of Dattatreya
Vriksham. The image of Veerabhadraswamy, the guardian deity of this
place adorned with 32 hands compels attention. In addition, the
Kalyanamandapam the office complex built in the first Prakara are
easily accessible and offer several ministrations always. One can
spend hours imbibing the sublimity emanating from several places of
worship beautified with rare sculptural adornments, if time permits
and taste impels.
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