Temple Darshan

After a bath in the Swarnamukhi, the devotee passes through Bikshala Gopuram, worships Kasi Viswanatha, Balagnanamba and Pathala Vinayaka enshrined deep below. He worships Nandi, Vinayaka and Subramanya on either side of the western Gopuram and Ashtotharalinga before entering the main building by crossing two brass thresholds.He pays his obeisance to Ganapathi, four Tamil saints, Subramanya, processional deities and passing round the Dwajasthamba he enters the sanctum sanctorum. He has a look at the Swayambhu nandi and worships the most marvelous Vayu Linga with the Navagraha kavacha on. He can worship the Linga without this kavacha in its natural form during abhisheka, visualizing the symbols of the spider, serpent and elephant on it.

After coming out he has a glimpse of the imposing idol of Kannappa, Sahasra linga, Sani bhagavan, Durga, 63 nayanmars, Yagasala and enters the sanctum sanctorum of Gnanaprasunamba (Parvathi) and worships the divine mother. Then visiting the shrine of Chandikeswara and viewing the sikharas and Kannappa hill through an opening he proceeds to worship a Sphatikalinga installed by Adisankara, Mritunjaya and Dakshinamurthi. He then bows down to the Samadhi of Romasa between the two brass thresholds and finally prostrates before the two tall flagmasts. He can then worship the idol of Kali at the southern gopuram and visit Manikarneswara shrine before proceeding to Nataraja rangasthala to revel at the exquisite rock - cut sculptures and Panchamukheswara.

Everyday men in distress, men seeking knowledge and wealth and men imbued with wisdom flock to this sacred place and return with contentment.

There are several important places in and around Srikalahasti which only a fortunate few find leisure to visit. The details of such places and the connected episodes are available in a book in English entitled “Srikalahasti Mahima” by Pavani Sitaramiah