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    SriKalahasti temple is located 36 km away from Tirupathi in Chittoor district of  Andhra Pradesh,India.It is one of the most famous Shiva temples in South India, and is said to be the site where Kannappa, was ready to offer both his eyes to cover blood flowing from the Siva linga before the Lord Siva stopped him and granted him mukti.

           Sri Kalahasti is named after the staunch devotees of Lord Shiva. They were the Spider (Sri), the Serpent (Kala) and the Elephant (Hasti). Appeased with their unflinching devotion, Lord Shiva gave them a boon that their names be merged with the Vayulinga and called as Sri Kalahasteeswara.

It is famous for its Vayulinga, one of the Panchabhoota Sthalams, representing wind. The inner temple was constructed around 5th century and the outer temple was constructed in the 12th century by the Chola kings and the Vijayanagara kings. Vayu is incarnated as Lord Shiva and worshiped as Kalahasteeswara.

  This ancient temple dedicated to Lord Siva is one of the fivePanchabhootha stalams.There is a lamp inside the inner sanctum that is constantly flickering despite the lack of air movement inside. The air-linga can be observed to move even when the priests close off the entrance to the main deity room, which does not have any windows. One can see the flames on several ghee lamps flicker as if blown by moving air. The linga is white and is considered Swayambhu, or self-manifested.

 Kalahasti is surrounded by two sacred hills. The Durgama temple is on the northern hill. On the south hill there is the shrine of Kannabeswara, in memory of the Sage Kannappa, who offered his eyes to the Lord. There is also a temple dedicated to Lord Subramanya on one of the surrounding hills.

              The main linga is untouched by human hands, even by the priest. Abhisheka (bathing) is done by pouring a mixture of water, milk, camphor, and panchamrita. Sandal paste, flowers and the sacred thread are offered to the utsava-murti, not the main linga.

LEGEND :

           According to Hindu mythology, the elephant or Hasti used to clean the Shiva deity by watering the idol with the help of river-water carried in his trunks and pray for him by placing Vilva leaves. The spider or Sri tried to protect the deity from external damage by weaving his web and to provide shelter for the Shiva lingam. The snake or Kala used to place its precious gem on the linga to adorn the lord. In this way, they all worshipped the Vayu linga separately without knowing what the other was doing.

          One day, the spider had built a very big and thick web around the deity to protect it from dust and weather while the snake places its gem. The elephant not knowing this and assuming that this form of puja by Sri and Kala is a desecration by the seeming miscreants, pours water on it and cleans it up. This causes a war between the three. The snake punishes the elephant by entering its trunk and in the process kills itself while the elephant runs amok and hits its trunk and head against the shiva linga. During this struggle, the spider is squashed against the linga by the elephant's trunk and the elephant dies due to the snake's poison. Lord Shiva then appeared and gave moksha to all three of them for their selfless devotion. The spider takes rebirth as a great king while the elephant and the snake reaches heaven for satisfying all its karma.

          This king continues his good work from his previous birth and builds a variety of temples that seeks to protect the underlying deity with tons of stones. It is interesting to note that all his temples, keep the deity beyond the access of an elephant. In this temple, access to the deity is through a narrow passage in the side of the building that prevents an elephant from extending its trunk over the lord from any side.

FESTIVALS :

Mahasivaratri is an important festival when lakhs of people offer prayers to seek the blessings of the Lord to attain Mukti.

Abhishekam :

Morning: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 10: 30am
Evening: 5:30 pm everyday
Fridays: 4:30 onwards

The Abhishekams are performed to Lord Kalahasteeswara and Goddess Gnana Prasunambika four times a day.

Rahu - Kethu Sarpha Dosha Nivarana Puja :

Srikalahasteeswara Swamy Temple is reputed as the 

Rahu Kethu Kshetra, If the People who have Rahu Kethu Doshas and Sarpa Doshas, the un married and No children and those who are facing various problems for long period and perform the most effective Rahu – Kethu Sarpa Dosha Nivarana Puja in this Temple all the Doshas get removed and desired results occur. Thousands of Devotees from the country and abroad perform this puja and fulfill their vows again and again after receiving good results.

Rahu – Kethu Sarpa Dosha Nivarana Puja can be performed daily between 6:30 A.M and 9:00 P.M. This is a popular puja undertaken by devotees at this temple.Sunday and Tuesday are the best days to perform pooja as Sunday and Tuesday are the days considered to be for Rahu and Kethu.

TEMPLE TIMINGS :

SATURDAY - MONDAY : 6AM - 9.30PM

TUESDAY - FRIDAY : 6AM - 9PM

HOW TO REACH :

Through Airways: The nearest airport is in Tirupati Airport, which is just 25 kms. There are daily flights from Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore. Chennai International airport is the major closest airport to Srikalahasti at about 99 Kms. Bengaluru International Airport is about 230 km.

Through Railways: Through railways there is a railway station at Sri Kalahasthi. Srikalahasti is on Tirupati-Vijayawada broad gauge rail route and all express trains have stop at Srikalahast. It is well connected to all major cities in South India directly. 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 25 kms from Sri Kalahasthi.

Through Roadways: It takes about 5 hours by road to get to Tirupati from Bangalore. Both KSRTC and APSRTC operate buses during the day and night. It is about 3 hours by road from Chennai. Frequent buses are available from CMBT Chennai. APSRTC has buses plying very frequently (every ½ hour) from Tirupati.

MAHASIVARATRI 10TH MARCH 2013 (sunday)

          The one big festival that is dedicated to lord Shiva is Shivaratri. Shivaratri is celebrated on Chaturdasi of the Magha Masam of Telugu Calendar or Tamil month Masi. This year Maha Shivaratri is celebrated on  

 Sunday, 10th March, 2013.

The normal ritual involved in observing Shivaratri are as follows:
1)Should fast the whole day without even drinking water.
2)Should perform at least Eka Rudra Abhishekam to Lord Shiva in the night to Lord Shiva, offering of Bilva Patra orBel leaves is considered to give high returns.
3)Offer fruits as Naivedyam or offering and eat only those for the night.
4)Should be awake the whole night enchanting the name of Lord Shiva
5)If possible do Abhishekam to Lord Shiva during Lingodbhava Kalam that is exactly at 00:48 hrs.
6)Should sleep only on the night of next day.

         Shivaratri is great festival of convergence of Shiva and Shakti. Chaturdashi Tithi during Krishna Paksha in month of Magha is known as Maha Shivaratri according to South Indian calendar. However according to North Indian calendar Masik Shivaratri in month of Phalguna is known as Maha Shivaratri. In both calendars it is naming convention of lunar month which differs. However both, North Indians and South Indians, celebrate Maha Shivaratri on same day.

         Vrat Vidhi – One day before Shivaratri Vratam, most likely on Trayodashi, devotees should eat only one time. On Shivaratri day, after finishing morning rituals devotees should take Sankalp (संकल्प) to observer full day fast on Shivaratri and to take food next day. During Sankalp devotees pledge for self-determination throughout the fasting period and seek blessing of Lord Shiva to finish the fast without any interference. Hindu fasts are strict and people pledge for self-determination and seek God blessing before starting them to finish them successfully.

          On Shivaratri day devotees should take second bath in the evening before doing Shiva Puja or visiting temple. Shiva Puja should be done during night and devotees should break the fast next day after taking bath. Devotees should break the fast between sunrise and before the end of Chaturdashi Tithi to get maximum benefit of the Vrat. According to one contradictory opinion devotees should break the fast only when Chaturdashi Tithi gets over. But it is believed that both Shiva Puja and Parana (पारणा) i.e. breaking the fast should be done within Chaturdashi Tithi.

         Shivaratri puja can be performed one time or four times during the night. The whole night duration can be divided into four to get four Prahar (प्रहर) to perform Shiva Puja four times. Drikpanchang.com lists all four Prahar durations for staunch Shiva devotees who perform Shiva Pujan four times in the night. We also list Nishita time when Lord Shiva appeared on the Earth in the form of Linga and the time window to break the fast on next day.

SEVA Timings for

Timings of Temple:-

From 6 A.M To 9.30 P.M for SUNDAY, MONDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

From 6 A.M To 9 P.M For TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

Every Day Schedules:-

Seva #	Seva	Timing
1	Suprabatha Seva	5.30 a.m to 6.00 a.m
2	Sarvadarshanam	6.00 a.m to 7.30 a.m
3	Pradhama Kala Abhishekam Seva	7.30 a.m to 9.00 a.m
4	Dowthiya Kala Abhishekam Seva	9.00 a.m to 10.30 a.m
5	Ucchi kala Abhishekam Seva	10.30 a.m to 11.00 a.m
6	Rudhra Homam Pooja Seva	11.00 a.m
7	Chandhi Homam Pooja Seva	11.00 a.m
8	Nityothsava Seva	11.00 a.m
9	Nithya Kalyana Seva	11.30 a.m
10	Prodhosha Kala Abhisheka Seva	5.30 p.m
11	Nirajana Manthra Pushpa Seva	7.00 p.m
12	Ekaantha Seva	9.00 p.m
13	Temple Closing	9-00 PM (Tuesday to Friday)  9-30 PM (Saturday to Monday)

INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUESTS

Contact Person:        Loganathan

Mobile Numbers:      +91 903 229 3767, +91 998 942 5553 

Address:                   4/27, Temple Street (CAR Street),  

                                 Srikalahasti - 517 644. Chittoor district. 

                                 Andhra Pradesh. INDIA

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