Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple, Annavaram
Lord Satyanarayana
Annavaram, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh
Ratnagiri hill temple on the Pampa river, the most popular place in the Telugu states for performing the Satyanarayana Vratam.
History
According to the temple tradition, Lord Vishnu appeared in a dream to Raja Inuganti Venkata Ramanarayanam of the local zamindari and the idol was found on Ratnagiri hill in 1891. The temple was consecrated soon after and grew rapidly as families came to perform the Satyanarayana Vratam, a ritual of thanksgiving. Thousands of vratams are performed here every day, especially on auspicious days and in the Karthika month. Newly married couples from all over Andhra Pradesh traditionally visit.
Architecture
Built in the shape of a chariot with wheels on the four corners; the sanctum has the deity with Brahma below, Vishnu in the middle and Shiva at the top in a single vertical arrangement.
Festivals
- Kalyanotsavam (Vaishakha)
- Karthika Masam
- Satyanarayana Jayanti
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Directions to Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple
How to reach
- By air
- Rajahmundry Airport, about 75 km
- By train
- Annavaram station, about 3 km
- By road
- On NH-16 between Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam; ghat road to hilltop.
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