Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Varla Devasthanam - Hindu temple in Vijayawada - Krishna, India

Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy temple which is placed in Vijayawada, Andra Pradesh. Very famous and well connected devotional place in Vijayawada. We have different types of darshanams tickets here 300, 500 and free tickets are available here. Well connect place throughout India.

One of the must visit places of Andra Pradesh, the durga Malleswara temple itself is a spiritual place surrounded with the Krishna river. The vibrant atmosphere and beautiful architecture create a peaceful experience. The temple's religious significance and the breathtaking view of the city make it a must-visit for both locals and tourists.

This is very famous temple in India.. this temple is located in Indra keeladri hill in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The famous Goddess Sri Durga Matha & Sri Malleswara Swamy temples are located in this place. Every year Very lots of devotees are visiting this place . Dussehra festival is very grandly celebrated in this place .. the goddess Durga Matha are in Dussehra ten days in one day in one avatar Darshan given to all devotees...

the Srichakra and initiated workship of Kanaka Durga in vedic ways, and avoided animal sacrifice Vijayawada is known in mythology as Vijayavata, and is mentioned in some inscriptions as Rajendracholapura also. it is a famous place of pilgrimage on the river Krishna, and 'has a temple dedicated to Lord Siva in his aspect of Malleswara or Jayasena. Sage Agasthya is said to have been the greatest devotee of this deity and admirer of the deity's several leelas.The origin or installation of Kanaka - durga Devi at Vijayawada is unknown. She is said to be Swayambu or selfmanifest. She also takes the aspect of Chandi or destroyer of the demon Durgama who was causing havoc among the peace - loving inhabitants of Dakshinapatha. One of these hills is called Indrakila, which is a famous hill mentioned in the Mahabharata as the place where the Pandava hero Arjuna obtained from Lord Siva an important weapon called Pasupatastra. The aspect of Lord Siva who appeared before Arjuna for granting him the boon is Kirata or the hunter. Bharavi in his celebrated Kavya "The Kirtarjuneeya" has immortalized this. The temple of Vijayeswara is attributed to Arjuna to commemorate the event of obtaining Pasupatha. The shrine has the representation of this and many other events of the Mahabharata depicated in sculpture form.

One of the famous & ancient temple of Maa Kanaka Durga in Vijaywada. Must be on your bucket list if you are planning to visit Vijaywada and guntur district. Parking is available for vehicles. Clock room is available for shoes and phones. Mobile phone not allowed inside the temple premises. Temple is located at top of the Indrakeeladri hills on the banks of Krishna river. You will get a mesmerising view of Vijaywada from the top.

Very nice and powerful temple which is located on Indrakeeladri hill top. There is free chappal stand and we can also keep luggage in counter for Rs. 5 and go for darshan. They are allowing cell phones and hand bags. We can take free darshan or can buy Rs. 100, Rs. 300 or Rs. 500 for fast darshan. We took darshan on Saturday night and on Sunday early morning, there was no queue, darshan completed in 10 minutes. There was a 7 floor building where lift is available to go to hill top. We can climb steps of building or climb steps of hill or can go by lift to reach temple. Lift is free for everyone, but some staff are rude and asking to buy 100 or 300 ticket to use lift, but we asked in counter, they said we can go by lift without ticket also. After going up by lift, there were seperate queue lines for free, Rs. 100 and Rs. 300. People who buyed Rs. 500 ticket are allowed to go inside the raja gopura. They are selling saree worn by durga maa and the starting cost is Rs. 3000/- for saree, and there were upto Rs. 10,000/- sarees. They are selling prasad down hill only like pulihhora, laddu, chakkara pongali etc.

This temple is the major attraction in the vijaywada or bejawada area. This is one of the best tourist spot in the andhrapradesh state where there is no proper development in the tourism sector. After reaching to the pandit nehru bus station you have various options to reach the temple among them the best option was taking the devasthanam bus to the top of the hill through ghat road or you can reach the temple by steps also. All in all my visit to this temple is very peaceful from above you can have the view of Prakasam barrage and the Krishna river and flood plains and the adjacent conglomeration.

Om Sri Durgayai Namaha It was a nice experience to have a darshnam of Goddess Durga maatha. But when you visit for the first time they may get confused about how to reach to indrakelaadri hill (Temple) from railway station. I didn't find a source in Google about how to reach the temple before visiting the temple. There are only temple buses available to go to the indrakelaadri hills from the bus station and some other transport like auto or cabs from railway station, The temple bus looks like a goddess ratham design. Temple buses are charging only 10/-. Distance is also very less.