Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swami,Annavaram, AP

This Temple is dedicated to Veera Venkata Satya Narayana an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.The temple is situated on Ratnagiri hill on the banks of river Pampa.

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Annavaram is one of the most famous holy shrines enjoying popularity next to Tirupati. The temple is built in Dravidian style.The temple is situated on the sacred Ratnagiri hill and devotee can reach by foot step – around 460 or by road (3 km).
The Temple resembles a chariot with four wheels in four corners.
The main sanctum is in two floors and main entrance had been gold plated. It is second most famous sacred shrine of Andhra Pradesh after the Tirupati Balaji Temple. Initially temple was constructed by
Raja Ramanarayana in 1891 and the subsequently re constructed in 1933-34 and during 2011-2012.

The presiding deity Lord Satya deva and his consort Sri Anantha Lakshmi on one side and with Lord Shiva on the other side.The idol is about 13 feet high in a cylindrical form,
the base being in the lower sanctum representing Lord Brahma and the top is in the upper sanctum representing Lord Vishnu. The middle portion represents Lord Shiva. The image of the Lord forming a single idol representing the Trimurthis- Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva is of
unique attraction.
As per the legend, it is said that food was distributed continuously in this place thus it became famous as Annavaram (Annam means food in Telugu).

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