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Temparature:
Summer-Max. 38°C and Min.30°C
Winter-Max. 26°C and Min.20°C
Rainfall-Seasonal.
Season:September to February
Srisailam,
also known as Sriparvata is situated in the Rishabgiri hills on
the southern banks of the river Krishna in Kurnool district of Andhra
Pradesh. The temple at Srisailam is dedicated to Lord Shiva and
is considered as one of his twelve Jyotirlingas. The great Indian
epic of Mahabharata also makes a mention of Srisailam as Sriparvata.
232 km. south
of Hyderabad, is Srisailam situated on the banks of the river Krishna.
The 512 mt. long Srisailam Dam located here is surrounded by natural
beauty. On the south bank of the Krishna river, in the Nallamalai
forest, on a 457 mt. high hill is the Bhramaramba Mallikarjunaswamy
temple- one of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India.
The temple
is also the seat of Mahakali in the form of Bhramaramba. It is said
that Vrishabha, the sacred bull of Lord Shiva performed penance
here. Lord Shiva appeared before him, with his consort Parvati taking
form of Mallikarjuna and Bharamaramba.
A massive
fort, with 6 mt. high wall encloses the temple. A cluster of minor
shrines within the temple includes the Sahasralinga, Panchapandava
temples and Vata Vriksha.
Also one can get
the secular feel as people belonging to any religion, caste or creed
is free to worship the place and even touch the deity.
At Sikharam,
the highest of the Srisailam hills, is Sikhareswara Swamy, a temple
dedicated to Lord Shiva. Another beautiful temple is Sri Ganapathi
temple, dedicated to Lord Ganesh.
Srisailam wildlife
sanctuary, which covers areas in five adjoining districts, has tigers,
panthers, spotted deer, giant squirrels, great lizards, pangolins,
crocodiles, civets and a variety of snakes.
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