Sri Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Temple - Hindu temple in Visakhapatnam - Visakhapatanam, India

A very peaceful place for mind relaxing and for praying. Please don't spoil the place by throwing your waste papers or covers. Use dustbin which is placed outside of the temple Thank you

The most satisfying thing in this Temple is we can offer our servings to the Goddess. Of course it is crowded for maximum times but when we go to the temple in the afternoon, the crowd is very less. If anyone is looking to see the mother for a long time and offer your worship and prayer, better choose afternoon times and weekdays. Mental peace and happiness is assured for sure.

We went to Sri Kanaka Mahalaxmi temple at the evening 06.00 PM on 23/04/2023 and we got Kanakamahalaxmi Amma Vaari dharshnam with in an hour. There are most of the trusty board members are women including chair person.

Very popular temple of the city. Goddess Mahalaxmi temple. I found it very surprisingly that for the Darshan ,there was fee...50 rupees, 100 rupees and 200 rupees. I mean I was thinking about the needy people don't have enough money for praying God they are going to charge. I hope some day god will ask the question,to the trustees over here. I have visited many big temples (specially in north side and I haven't found those temple are charging. So it's very surprising. I hope someday they will understand that this is about God not about business ,if people will donate by themselves you will earn more money then by getting this entry fee.

We visited this temple morning around 09.00 AM on a weekday and we had Amma Vaari dharshnam with in few mins. There was no crowd even then trusty people requested us to buy tickets, still we went in a no ticket line. Ticket was Rs.50, 100 & 250. As there was no crowd we had done abhishekam and other rituals peacefully. Prasadam pulihora (Rs.15) & laddu (Rs.10) was very nice. Car parking and footwear stand available.

Sri Kanaka Maha Lakshmi is one of the most powerful goddess in the city. In 1912, the idol of the Goddess was found in a well and was installed in the centre of the town. But i the year 1917, the dangerous contagious disease 'Plague' spread over the town and so many deaths occurred in Visakhapatnam village. The people of Visakhapatnam were afraid of the incident and thought the devastation was due to shifting of idol of goddess 'Shri Kanaka Maha Lakshmi' and therefore, re-erected the idol to its original place, that is at the center of the road as it exists now.After the re-erection, the "Plague' disease was cured and normalcy was restored. With this, the Goddess has being celebrated fest since then.

We have been there with the family and each and every time we visit we find some new experience, We must visit and get the blessings in our life of Devi Sri kanaka mahalaxmi goddess of peace and prosperity.

Rush on weekends. Very pleasant temple complex. Abhishekam and offerings be presented by us only. Crowd will be huge on special days. Parking not available.