Temple Details

Veerabhadra Temple   Lepakshi Temple Rd


About Veerabhadra Temple

The Veerabhadra temple is in Lepakshi in the Anantapur district of the Indianstate of Andhra Pradesh. Worked in the sixteenth century, the building highlights of the temple are in the Vijayanagara style with bounty of carvings and compositions at practically every uncovered surface of the temple. It is one of the halfway protected monumemts of national importance.The fresco compositions are especially point by point in splendid dresses and hues with scenes ofRama and Krishna from the epic stories of the Ramayana, the Mahabharataand the Puranas and they are very much saved. There is an exceptionally large Nandi(bull), mount of Shiva, around 200 meters (660 ft) far from the temple which is cut from a solitary piece of stone, which is said to be one of the biggest of its sort on the planet.

The temple was worked in 1530 (1540 is additionally said) by Virupanna Nayaka and Viranna, the two siblings who were Governors under the Vijayanagar Empire during the rule of Ruler Achutaraya, at Penukonda. The cost of building the temple was settled by the legislature. Agreeing to Skanda Purana, the sanctuary is one of the divyakshetras, a vital journey site of Master Shiva.

By Air 
The closest air terminal from Lepakshi is at Bangalore, at a separation of 100 kms. 

By Train 
Hindupur is the nearest railhead at 16 kms between the Bangalore - Hyderabad railroad course. 

By Bus
The Andhra Pradesh State Transport runs an every day transport benefit from Hindupur for Lepakshi."

1. Lepakshi Haritha Hotel

2. Natraj Hotel In Lepakshi.

3. Srinivasa Hotel

1. Shopping in Lepakshi

2. Lepakshi Temple

3. Nandi Bull and Paintings

 

The temple was worked in 1530 (1540 is additionally said) by Virupanna Nayaka and Viranna, the two siblings who were Governors under the Vijayanagar Empire during the rule of Ruler Achutaraya, at Penukonda. The cost of building the temple was settled by the legislature. Agreeing to Skanda Purana, the sanctuary is one of the divyakshetras, a vital journey site of Master Shiva.



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