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Palutla, an ancient remote village in Nallamala forest, present near Srisailam. There are two ways to reach this village. The first one is via Ishtakameshwari temple. Through this route we should go only on foot. The second one is via Erragondapalem. In this route first we should go to Erragondapalem, from there to Gandhinagar, from there we should enter into Tiger forest and after a horrible

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Kadali Vanam is a great Tapo sthanam in Srisaila kshetram. Its importance was described in Skhanda Puranam, Shiva Bhakta vijayam and many more Shaiva texts. Many great devotees of Lord Shiva (Akka Mahadevi, Allama Prabhu) did tapsya here. Nrisimha saraswati, an incarnation of Guru Dattatreya swamy, ends his avatara here by disappearing.Location : Kadali Vanam is present at about 25 km distance

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Bhairava sela/ Bayanna sela is one of the sacred interior places in Srisailam forest. Lord Kala Bhairava swamy and local Chenchu tribes deity Bayyanna swamy are present here.Location : Its is present at about 13 km distance from Srisailam temple and about 5km from Sikharam. We have to travel in Dornala road for 10 km and from there we should walk in the forest for about 3 km. There we will see a

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Srisailam dam now is full of water, 10 ft above its maximum level (885 ft ). It is a very rare and dangerous situation to the Srisailam dam. As per latest information about 2 lakhs cusecs water coming from Almatty dam of Karnataka from Tungabhadra river. At present the Srisailam dam is already filled up and releasing water though its all crest gates. But because of heavy incoming floods, it seems

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Srisailam dam crust gates lifted up on 10th september 2009. Andhra pradesh State Irrigation department Minister Sri Ponna Lakshmayya lifted up two crust gates of N.S.R.S project [ Nilam Sanjiva Reddy Sagar Project], as it reached to its full capacity, i.e. 885 fts. Now, there is a lot of incoming water coming from Tungabhadra, a tributary of Krishna river. Many tourists coming to Srisailam will

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Akka mahadevi caves is one of the must see place in Srisailam. A great lady devotee of Lord Mallikarjuna swamy, named Akka mahadevi did tapsya here. These caves are about 16 kms away from Srisailam. We have to go in boat to reach here, A.P tourism is maintaining boat services to see this place. These caves are formed naturally about one lack years ago. Akka mahadevi is a great devotee of Lord

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Shivaratri is an important and famous festival of Lord Shiva. It comes in Magha masa krishna chaturdasi, i.e, generally in the months of February or March of every year. This is one day festival of Lord shiva. He likes this festival very much, and he fulfills all the desires to the person who does Upavasa [fasting] and Jagaram [spending all night without sleep] in this day.Shivaratri is very

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Bhimunikolanu is an important place in Srisailam. It is about 10kms away from Srisailam. It is an important halting place in the journey of Srisailam, in Forest. When Pandavas came to Srisailam, Droupadi gets thirsty, but there is no water to drink. Then Bhima gets irritation and hits the hill with his Gada, Water came out with this stroke. Hence the name Bhimuni kolanu.Route to Bhimunikolanu

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Kailasa dwaram is another important place in Srisailam. People come from Karnataka and Rayalaseema on foot in forest root. Lakhs of people will come in this route at the time of Shivaratri and Ugadi. They walk through hundreds of kilometers to reach Srisailam. It shows their devotion towards Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy.The forest route is about 45 kilometers, and it starts from Venkatapuram, a small

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Phaldhara panchadhara is anther major tourist area in srisailam. Adishankarachrya did tapsya here, and he wrote Shivanandalahari. Here there is a continuous waterfalls, which comes from hills. The water fall is in the form of five parts. hence the name Panchadhara. People belive that water comes from forehead of Lord Shiva. Hence the name Phaladhara. Here there is a small temple of Jagadguru

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Hatakeswaram is one of the major site seeing point in Srisailam. Once upon a time there lived a potter. He is a great devotee of Lord shiva. He daily gives food to pilgrims. One day Lord shiva tested him, He went to potters home. But at that time there is no food in his house. So, he felt very sad and prayed Lord shiva. Lord shiva appaerd him in a pot, hence the name Atikeswaram /

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In Srisailam there is a Bilva vanam in between Sakshi Ganapathi temple and Srisailam. We have to go right side from main road and climb a small hillock to see this Bilva vanam. The Bilva vanam has so many Bilva trees. All of them are planted in an order. Local people will go to this place for picnic in Karthika masam.Lord Ganesh idol is present in the beginning of Bilva vanam at Srisailam.Lord

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These are some photos of srisailam entrance. In the entrance of srisailam there are some statues of lord shiva, park with nandi statue and a tribal museum.This is the entrance of Srisailam saying welcome to Srisailam.In the entrance of srisailam, there is a statue of Nandi in the park.Lord shiva in the form of Dakshina murthy, with Vedas and veena in his hands. He is controlling Ahamkara purusha.

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Pathala ganga is a holy place in Srisailam, where pilgrims take bath to get rid of their sins. It is about 20kms away from Srisailam in Hyderabad route.Lingala gattu at Pathala ganga.Project view from bridge near pathala ganga.Hill at pathalaganga.Steps at pathalaganga and lingala gatuu view.Steps at Patala ganga.A small bridge at Pathala ganga.Close view of bridge at pathala ganga.Krishna river

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These are the photos of Bayalu veerabhadra swamy. He is the kshetrapalaka of Srisailam.There is no temple for him. He has no roof above him. Hence he is called as Bayalu veerabhadra swamy. He protects people in Srisailam.Lord veerbhadra swamy statue in Srisailam.Lord veerabhadra swamy in close view.Temple of Lord veerabhadra swami in Srisailam without roof.Suggested external links:Shakti

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These are the photos of Srisailam project.This project is on Krishna river, It gives major part of electricity to Andhra pradesh state in India. It has 12 crust gates. It is about 840fts height. The project was built in between two hills.Srisailam project.Srisailam project from View point in Right side.Srisailam project reservoir.Srisailam project crust gates.Right side power house in Srisailam

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