7 Durga Devi temples of Tulunadu
According to Legends, Mother Durga incarnated as Saptadurga sisters. Each form of this Durga Devi is believed to have stayed as Shaktidevatas at Chitrapur, Sasihitlu, Polali, Kateelu, Murdakur, Kunjaru and at Bappanadu respectively.
This was after killing of the demon king Darigasura by Devi Durga. The seven places where these sapta Durga devi stayed, later came to be called a Shakthi kendras.
For details of this mythological story refer to 'History' section in the following link:
https://shivallibrahmins.com/tulunaa...shwari-temple/ Note: None of these temples allow photography from inside and all of them are located in crowded place making photographing them a difficult task.
We left home around 7:45 AM and our first destination was Chitrapura Durgaparameshwari temple. This place is less than 5 KMs to my house.
The route we followed is as follows:
Chitrapura Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple
Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple
Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple
Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple, Mundkur
Kunjarugiri Shri Durga Devi Temple
Bappanadu Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple
Shri Bhagavathi temple, Sasihitlu
Route map:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7jZqGdS3N1ozyTLk8
Sequence here may depend on the starting point of your trip.
Chitrapura Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple
Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple
Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple
Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple, Mundkur
Kunjarugiri Shri Durga Devi Temple
This temple is on the top of a hill, so you get to see some amazing view of the greenery around. Also beware of the monkeys here.
Bappanadu Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple
This is the famous Bappanadu Dolu (Drum)
Beating of the drums during annual festival of the temple is an important factor of celebration.
Shri Bhagavathi temple, Sasihitlu
Specialty of this place is, the temple is surrounded with sand so when you go for pradakshina (circumambulation) of this temple, you feel like you are walking on the beach.
We had some pre monsoon showers before we went for this drive. Hence the surroundings were looking lush green and almost felt like a monsoon drive.
Road condition is good except for few patches here and there.
It was about 150 KMs of drive and we were back home by 2:30 PM including a lunch stop.
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