SriKalahasti

This topic may not meet the Wikitravel criteria for a separate article and should be merged into Kalahasti. If you have an opinion, please discuss on this article's talk page. Please do not add new content to this article, but instead add it to Kalahasti. You can help by copying any relevant information from this page to the new page. Once all content has been copied, this article should be made into a redirect. Please do not remove this merge notice without first gaining consensus for the removal on the article's talk page. Understand Sri Kalahasti is a temple town. Its about 38 km from Tirupati, The ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva (as Sri Kalahastheeswara) and his consort Parvathi (as Gnanaprasunambika)is one of the Panchabootha Sthalams meaning the temple celebrates Lord Shiva as the embodiment of the primary elements (Fire, Space, Water, Earth, Air), Air being the element here. The temple is also associated with Rahu and Ketu. According to the legend, Lord Bramha was asked by the Lord to create beautiful and enticing hills of Kailasa. As Bramha was struggling with the task, a piece fell on earth and in the south and thus called as Dakshina Kailasam The other Panchabootha Sthalams Tiruvannamalai (Fire) Chidambaram (Space) Thiruvanaikaval (Water) Kanchipuram (Earth) History The temple dates back to the pre-Christian era. The structure of the temple was built by the Cholas and improvements were made by other Chola kings and rulers of the Vijayanagara kings. The Pallava, Chola and Vijayanagara rulers have made several endowments to this temple. The temple is built adjoining the Durgamma hill to the north, Kannappa hill to the south and Kumaraswamy hill to the east. Newspapers Telugu: Eenadu,Sakshi,Andhra Jyothy,Vaartha English: The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle,Times of India Get in By plane The closest airport is near Tirupati Airport, which is just 25kms. There are daily flights from Hyderabad,Delhi,Bangalore By rail There is a railway station at sri Kalahasthi. There are trains from hyderabad,vijayawada and kolkata .The closest railway junction is Renigunta and all trains plying between Chennai and Mumbai stop at renigunta.The Renigunta is just 25kms from srikalahasthi. By bus It takes about 5 hours by road to get to Tirupati from Bangalore. Both KSRTC and APSRTC operate busses during the day and night. Its about 3 hours by road from Chennai. Both TNSRTC and APSRTC operate busses during the day and night... By car You can travel either from Chennai-Tada-Kalahasti or Chennai-Tirutani-Renigunda-Kalahasti from Chennai(110 KMS) Hyderabad (545 KMS): HYD-Kurnool-Cuddapah-Renigunta-srikalahasthi or HYD-Nagarjunasagar-ongole-Nellore-Naidupet-Srikalahasthi Bangalore(300 KMS) -Bangalore-Mulbagal-Palmaner-Chittor-Tirupati-Srikalahasthi Get around See The Sri Kalahasti temple. Sri Kalahasti is one of the five Panchaboota Sthallas i.e. place representing one of the five elements of nature. Kalahasti represents Vayu (Wind). Pathala Vinayaka - Lord Ganapathi in a temple below the earth. Do Rahu Ketu Pooja to overcome the ill effects of the imaginary planets Rahu and Ketu and also other doshas (ill effects) like 'Sarpa Dosha', Kaala Sarpa Dosha etc. You can buy the articles for Pooja by either paying Rs 250 (admints 2), Rs 600 (admits 3 people) or Rs 1000 (admits 5 people). If you pay Rs. 1000 the pooja is performed in the Sanctum Sanctorum. Extra people can be admitted by Paying Rs 30 for each person. The pooja articles include the following: Sesha Vastram One Blouse Piece 1 Laddu Vada Lotus Flowers Archana - Rs 25 Special ticket for Darshan - Rs 30 Milk Abhishekam - Rs 100 to 1600 Patchakarpuram Abhishekam (Raw Camphor) - Rs 100 to Rs 1200 Panchamurthahi Abhishekam - Rs 300 to Rs 3000 Nityakalyanam - Rs 501 to Rs. 5000 Couples who are unable to beget children pray to the Swing. Learn Sri Kalahasthi is famous for Kalamkari paintings.The Kalamkari paintings can be learnt here from so many skilled people. Kalamkari is the art of painting with vegetable paints.Mythological stories are prominently made by srikalahasthi kalamkari painters. Sarpa Dosha Nivarana poojas are performed on all days, morning to evening without any break (lunch break). However, no pooja is performed on Shivrathri days. Buy Eat Hotel Prakash Park, (Near Temple), ☎ +91-9542877599, [1].  edit Drink Sleep This article or section does not match our manual of style or needs other editing. Please plunge forward, give it your attention and help it improve! Suggested fixes: None specified. Please use the article's talk page to ask questions if you are not sure why this tag was added and whether it is safe to remove it. There are number of private and government guest houses. All these accommodations have limited amenities. Preference should be given to hygiene stay rather than luxury, as the later is not available around the temple. Generally, you will not be staying here for a long time. A day's visit with an overnight stay should be sufficient. The temple itself is more acclaimed for its sacredness than its architectural importance. Hence, guests intending to make a visit also believe to depart for Sri Kaalahasti with the onset of the RAHU KALAM and reach Sri Kaalahasti during the onset of RAHU KALAM. Then the guests are expected to perform a Pooja during the RAHU KALAM. is a one and only three star hotel in the temple town located just 100 steps away from srikalahsteeswara swami vari temple. by sitting in the premises of hotel you can hear pujas and mantras. it is well provided facilities, 200 car parking places www.myhotelmgmgrand.com Hotel MGM Grand, Sannidhi St., Phone: 08578 - 222271, 8008200612 @: www.myhotelmgmgrand.com Hotel Sri Saiteja residency[2], Sannidhi street Phone : 08578-223677 Hotel Prakash Park, Near Temple, ☎ +91-9542877599, [3].  edit Contact Stay healthy Cope Get out Tirupati This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!