House Boat Stay (APTDC) at Coconut Country Resorts, Dindi (Konaseema)
Anand Resorts at Sompally, Razole (Konaseema)
Haritha Coconut Country Resorts (APTDC) at Dindi (Konaseema)
The Villa (A Farm House) at Inavilli Island, Muktheswaram (Konaseema)
Dindi Resorts at Dindi (Konaseema)
 | Adurru is located near Nagaram in Razole taluk of East Godavari district and lies on the west bank of the Vainetaya, a branch of Godavari River 9.5 km. from the sea. It is about 30 kms from Amalapuram. The place is home to the remains of stupas, chaityas and vinaras among which the Mahastupa, built on wheel shaped plan 17 feet in diameter with a raised platform running all round the drum and ayaka platforms on cardinal directions is extremely famous. The area also has Buddhist remnants in an area of approximately 2.04 acres. The nearest railway station is 130 kms away at Rajahmundry and can also be reached by an excellent road from Amalapuram. |
People from konaseema especially from Amalapuram and surrounding areas are very familiar with 'Prabhala Teerdham'. Thousands of people visit 'Jaggana thota' every year to see 'Ekadasi Rudrulu'.
Jagganna thota is a place near to Mosallapalli where the 11 avatars of Lord Siva from 11 villages will meet. These 11 avatars are called Ekadasi Rudrulu.
The 11 villages are Gangalakurru, Gangalakurru Agraharam, Irusumanda, Mosallapalli, Mukkmala, Nedunooru, Palagummi, Pedapudi, Pulletikurru, Vakkalanka and Vyaghreswaram.
The most interesting and of course electrifying part is Gangalakurru prabha crossing the Kausika. Usually this will happen between 12 PM to 2PM. This place will be heavily crowded between 3PM to 6 PM. After 6 PM all the 'Ekadasi Rudrulu' will start leaving and that’s the end. It’s really gorgeous watching these ‘Prabhalu’ crossing the flourishing green paddy fields.
Similar teerdhams will happen at Sakurru Garuvu, Kodi pandela dibba (Place near to Gunnepalli), Krapa Chintalapudi, Mukteswaram and Amalapuram.
Pancharama Temples
Groups of temples constitute pilgrimage clusters all over India. Thus we have the Pancha Bhoota shrines dedicated to Shiva, the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines all over India, the Alwar Nava Tirupati shrines of Tirunelveli district in Tamilnadu, Arupadai Veedu shrines of Skanda and so on. Temples in each group are linked through a common thread of legends and beliefs. The Pancharama temples in Andhra Pradhesh constitute an example of one of these groups of pilgrimage centers.
Several puranic legends are associated with these five shrines and the foremost of it has to do with the destruction of the demon Tarakasura by Skanda.
Legend has it that when Subramanya killed the demon Tarakasura, the Shivalingam in his throat broke and fell in five different spots, which became the Pancharama kshetras. The foremost of these is Amareswara at Amaravati where Indra and the Devas are believed to have worshipped Shiva. The others are Draksharama, Kumararama at Kotipalli, Bheemarama at Samalkota and Ksheerarama or Palakollu.
Some beliefs refer to Amararama, Draksharama, Somarama at Bhimavaram, Bhimarama or Kumararama at Samalkota and Ksheerarama at Palakollu as the five Pancharama Kshetras, while some even refer to the Chalukya Bhimeswara temple at Bhimavaram as Bhimarama. Thus we also have Draksharama, Amararama, Kumararama at Kotipalli, Ksheerarama at Palakollu and Bhimarama at Bhimavaram constituting the five Pancharama kshetras.
By all accounts Draksharama, Amararama and Ksheerarama housing tall columnar Shivalingams fall in to the scheme of all classifications. Kumararama at Samalkota houses a tall Shivalingam too and so do Somarama and the Bhimeswara temples at Bhimeswaram. Thus six temples fall into this classification with unique features common to the Pancharama temples. Although sources refer to Kotipalli as Kumararama, its legends related to the river Godavari outweigh references to the Tarakasura vada myth.
It is believed that the Shivalingam that shattered into five pieces was a huge one, and the biggest of the five pieces is a fifteen foot long column of white marble which is worshipped as Amareswara at the Amaravati temple (this is very similar to the ten feet high Shivalingam at the Draksharama temple).
While the Arupadai veedu shrines represent the Soorasamhaara mythology (Skanda) in Tamilnadu, the pancharama shrines are linked with the Taaraka vada mythology again related to Skanda.
Yet another legend has it that when Shiva destroyed the three Tripuras (Tripura Samharam), all that was left was a Shivalingam, and that he divided it into five pieces and placed them for worship at the Pancharama shrines.
It is also beleived that the Amaravati and the Draksharama shrines were originally centers of Buddhist worship.
Yet another legend links the pancharama kshetras. The five Shivalingams worshipped at these shrines are said to be a part of a single Shivalingam said to have been created by Surya or the Sun God. This original Shivalingam is said to have been held in worship by the seven rishis - Kasyapa, Atri, Gowtama, Kousika, Bharadwaja, Vasishta and Jamadagni. These rishis are believed to be present in the seven tributaries of Godavari, of which the Bharadwaja, Kousika and Jamadagni Godavaris are not in existence anymore. It is believed that the seven rishis brought water into the Godavari river from their points of origin. It is also believed that the waters from the seven tributaries constitute the water sources in the temple tank.
