Vemulawada Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple

Vemulawada Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple |Vemulawada Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple

Vemulawada is a town 38 km from Karimnagar and 150 kms from state capital Hyderabad, in the Andhra Pradesh state, India. It is mainly famous for the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple , a site of pilgrimage for both Hindu (particularly devotees of Vishnu and Shiva) and Muslim worshippers.

The city has a population of more than 50 thousand. The city is being served as a business capital for the neighbouring villages. Being a Piligrimage the city has visitors from all over India.

Vemulawada Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple

Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple is one of the very old and powerful ones devoted to Lord Siva. Popularly known as Dakshina Kashi (Benaras of South India). Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple is built by Chalukya Kings between AD 750 and 975.

Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple also consist of several other temples dedicated to other deities including Sri Rama, Lakshmana, Lakshmi, Ganapathy, Lord Padmanabha Swamy, Lord Bhimeshwara and also contains a 400 year old mosque inside Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple .

Architectural features include its open galleries (such as the Mirror Gallery Addala Mantapa and a corridor with a number of Shiva idols) and a Dharma Gundam, a holy tank where pilgrims bathe then proceed for darshan and whose water is believed to have curative properties. Every year at the time of Maha Shiva Rathri more than 5 Lakh people visit this place from the various parts of India and also from other countries.

Location of Vemulawada : Vemulawada is situated at about 11 kms to the Sirsilla and 38kms from the Karimnagar on the Karimnagar.

Brahma Muraari Suraarchita Lingam
Nirmala Bhashita Shobhita Lingam
Janmaja Dukha Vinaashaka Lingam
Tat Pranamaami Sadaa Shiva Lingam

Meaning: I bow before that Sada Shiva Linga, which is adored by Brahma, Vishnu and other Gods, which is praised by pure and holy speeches and which destroys the cycle of births and deaths

History of Vemulawada Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple:

There are many evidences of inscriptions on stone to provide information of historical, political, religious, cultural and greatness of this holy place. The greatness of this sacred place came with the very existence of Sri Raja Rajeshwara swamy Suyambulingam, which is ancient than the Vemulawada village.

Once upon a time god Indra went to many holy places after he killed Vrithasura and still could not purify his life. Then he took the advice from the guru of gods, Bruhaspathi to visit Sri Raja Rajeshwara kshetram. There he took the holy dip in dharma-gundam and took the blessings of lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara and ruled a golden age of the history. By this ancient story, history gives us the evidence of existence of lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara in Krita yuga.

Another historical story about how the dharma-gundam was built. Once upon a time a king named Sri Raja Raja Narendra came to this place while hunting wild animals. But accidentally he killed a Brahmin boy with an arrow while the boy was drinking water from a pond. Then with the curse of Brahma hatya he got an incurable disease and went on pilgrimage to many holy places and returned back to this place. One day he drank the holy water from the dharma gundam and slept the night praying the lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy. In his dreams lord shiva asked him, that to take lord’s existence, the lingam from the dharma-gundam and put in a temple.

When the king woke up in the morning he found that his incurable disease got cured. Then he built steps to the dharma gundam and cleaned lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara swamy lingam and built a temple on the hill to keep the lingam inside the temple. But while he was sleeping in the night holy sidhas came and established the gods idol inside the temple. When king was worried about missing the chance to establish the shiva linga, god came in to this dreams and promised that kings name will be associated with the place forever.

It is been said in many mythologies that Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy lingam existed in Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dwapara Yuga. And this holy place was visited and praised by many holy persons in Indian ancient history and got never ending importance in holy pilgrimage. Even though the main deity is Lord Shiva at this place, Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy Aalayam, Sri Ananta Padma Nabha Swamy Aalayam are also have the importance from long time for many pilgrims. Because of that reason this place is also called as “ Hari Hara Khestram”.

History from : vemulawada.org/history/history.php

For updated information for accomodation and puja timings, Darshanam of Vemulawada Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple visit : vemulawada.org

Other famous temples in the main temple premises/ in Vemulawada town:

Lord Sri Bheemeshwara Temple
Goddess Baddi Pochamma Temple
Lord Nageshwara Temple
Lord Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple
Lord Hanuman (Anjaneya) Temple
Lord Mandapa Hanuman Temple
Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple

Here, Goddess Parvati (Vaarahi) sameta Shiva Shankara murthi and Goddess Lakshmi sameta Lord Anantha Padamanabha are the festive idols.

Important Festivals Celebrated in Vemulawada Temple:

1. Maha Shivaratri festvial: Maha Shivaratri is the important festival to celebrate in Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple.
2. Shiva Parvati Kalyanam (Marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati)
3. Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam
4. Sri Gita Jayanthi
5. Sri Tyagarajotsavam
6. Durga Devi Navaratrulu (Sharan Navratrulu)

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