SURYAKSHETRA –91
Dr P V Sesha Sai
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20th April 2005
What this little man speaks…
Quote: 1) Each time we read and think a seed is sown for the future
2) Education begins with life.
I am once again presenting one unique experience I had today when I visited Nacharam Gutta in Medak district. The place is situated nearly 30 kilometers plus from Bowenpally on Nizamabad – Nagpur Highway and before entering Toopran a turn is to be taken towards Gajwel State High Way and just 2 kilo meters from the National High Way, on the State High way road itself the temple is situated. It is in Vargil Mandal of Medak District. It is a small hillock with number of cave like curves.
I have come to know about the place through a like minded person who described that one Sadhu Maharaj gives his divine appearance now and then at the spot. It appears he visits the place uninvited and spends some time there and disappears. Ofcourse though this becomes the inspiration for the journey, I give the details of the spot and what I have seen there along with my wife and other friends.
The spot is a clear indication of existence of good number of caves. In one of the cave Lord Ugra Narasimha gave his divine appearance as SWAYAMBOO. The place is on the bank of HARIDRA RIVER a tributary to river Manjira. NOT A DROP OF WATER IS SEEN NOR ANY INDICATION OR SIGN FOR WATER HAVING FLOWN IN THE RECENT PAST.
Probably the river might have its past glory as in the case of many rivers today in India.
The Kshetra Paalaka for the area is LORD BHAIRAVA SWAMY. People used to fear to enter into the cave due to the fear of Lord Ugra Narasimha Swamy. Later the local people installed Goddess Lakshmi and reshaped the cave so that the Lord is seen straight to a devotee instead of entering into the dark cave. The presiding deity is facing Southeast.
After long long time we have seen well with water in the temple premises. The depth of the well is not much but then the water is perennial. Even when the river dried up, the temple well is a source of life there. Of late, we do not know the reason why Lord Narasimha Swamy is blessing us to visit his temples; often we are taking blessings from him. There appears to be eight more temples of the Lord in and around the area, but then time did not permit us to visit all of them.
There is a SWAYAMBHOO Lord Hanuman too in the cave. There are other temples like that of Lord Shiva; Navagraha Temple; temple for Lord Satyanarayana Swamy; temple for Lord Datta Sai; temple for Lord Raama in the same complex. Only Lord Hanuman deity appears to be of ancient ages and all others of recent origin. The entire cave is carved properly so that the pilgrims have no inconvenience to move around. By and large, uniquely it is a temple of LORD HARI AND LORD HARA depicting itself with no differences between SHIVA AND KESAVA.
Our AANANDAASHRAMAM is hardly 5 kilometers from the temple. It is quite visible that IT IS ONE OF THE ANCIENT TEMPLES OF INDIA WITH SOME RICH TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND. We are making out further study to know its genesis etc. The temple is under Endowments control. More about this in due course of time…………………...
Quote: There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
I shall be back again soon…………
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI
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