November 21, 2007

Sri Kalahasthi – Sri Kalahastheeswara temple

The temple at Sri Kalahasthi is regarded as one among the prominent temples of South India. This is in fact considered as the Kailash of the South or Dakshin Kailash. The protector of devotees, the granter of boons, and the merciful, Lord Siva, the three-eyed, manifested in the form of Vayu Linga in the Bilwaka grove on the banks of river Suvarnamukhi. Lord Siva, manifest in the form of Vayu Linga is known to the devotees as Sri Kalahastheeswara.

The greatness of the temple at Sri Kalahasthi is mentioned in the Sivapuranam in the course of a profound discussion between Sri Romarshana Maharishi and Sri Bhradwaja Maharishi on the nature of Siva.

Let us now proceed to know the meaning of the Sri Kalahasthi.

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