Malakonda
Sri Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam is a Hindu Narasimha (avatar of Vishnu) with a temple in Malakonda, Valetivari Palem, Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is Lord of Malyadri (Malakonda). A large number of devotees visit the sacred shrine of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha to pay their homage to him. Malyadri is one of the NavaNarasimhas (Nine Narasimhas).
'Malyadri' means the Parvatas are arranged as flower mala. The west side of Malyadri has the Ahobhila Narasimha Swamy, northwest side of Malyadri has the Sri Sailam, south side of Malyadri has the Vruchachala kshetram, east side of Malyadri has the Narasimha swamy of Singarayakonda, south side of Malyadri has the Penna River (Pinakini). North side of Malyadri has the Krishna River. All the devotees of Malyadri give their children names related to Sri Malyadri Narasimha, for males, and related to Sri Mahalakshmi for females.
The God Srimannarayana Swamy is Sri Narasimha's avatara. He has Sudarshana Chakra on one hand, Sanku on one hand, Sri Mahalakshmi is sitting on his thigh, so one hand is surrounding her, and blessing devotees with one hand. The God gives blessings to Yakshas, Gandharvas, Sidhas, and Devamunis on six days (Sunday to Friday). The God gives blessings to Devotees (Manavas) on Saturday only.
Sri Mahalakshmi Devi Devasthanam
Sri Mahalakshmi Devi Mata is Goddess of Malyadri. She is on top of the Hill of Malyadri. Here also the God Sri Narasimha and the Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi Devi give blessings to the Devotees.
Sapta Teerdams
There are seven Teerdams on Malyadri.
- Narasimha
- Varuna Teerdam
- Kapila Teerdam
- Agasthya Teerdam
- Sankara Teerdam
- Jothi Teerdam
- Indra Teerdam
History
One day Sri Sri Mannarayana Murthy was on Seshathalpam (Seshapanpu) and Sri Mahalakshmi was sitting near his feet on PalaSamudram (Milk Sea). He said to her, if you have any thing in your mind tell me, I will do it for you. She said with a smile, ”I got you as husband, that is outstanding for my life, but now there are fewer Divya Kshetras on earth so the devotees can not go there because of expenses. The Devotees are facing problems without God's Darshan, so please make one Divya Kshetra for our devotees".
The God accepted the Mahalakshmi request. The God said to Vanamala to make a wonderful Parvata (Hill) on earth, so that hill Vanamala has changed into Malyadri (Malakonda). There are different kinds of trees, different kinds of birds, and different kinds of animals there. This Malyadri has different shapes of big stones and hills.
Local Temples
- Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple
- Sri Shiva Temple
- Sri Parvati Devi Temple
- Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple
How to Reach
There are three ways to reach the Malakonda. The east route is via Kandukur and Lingasamudram from Singarayakonda, Prakasham district. The west route is from Pamur, Prakasham district. The south route is via Kaligiri and Kondapuram from either Kavali, Nellore district or Nellore. There are three ways to reach the Temple (Sri Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devastanam) from Malakonda.