Temple Details

Mavullamma Temple   Gandhinagar


About Mavullamma Temple

There are many sayings of how Sri Sri Mavullamma Ammavaru emerged in Bhimavaram. One saying states that the goddess had emerged at Rayakuduru village near Veeravasaram. But according to the local people beliefs the history of Sri Sri Mavullamma Goddess is as follows.   It is said that the goddess had emerged during the period of 1200 A.D. But as per the temple point, the history is available only from the period of 1880 A.D. In Bhimavaram a place presently called as Motupalli Veedhi is said to be the place where the goddess had emerged. Sri Mavullamma ammavaru emerged in a place where Neem and  Peepal (vepa)  trees were together.

As the goddess had emerged in this place and as this place is rich for mango trees the Goddess had been named “MAMILLA AMMA” and later on during the days it had converted into “Sri MAVULLAMMA”. Another saying about the name is that as there are many small villages nearby Bhimavaram and they used to come to Bhimavaram to pray the Goddess as their Grama Devata the name “MAA VULLAMMA” had been incarnated.

 During Vaishaka masam of the  year 1880 A.D. Sri Mavullamma ammavaru came into the dream o f Sri Marella Machi Raju and Sri Grandhi Appanna and advised  them to build a temple in the place where she had emerged. After they found the Goddess they used to offer her prayers in a small hut. Both Sri Marella Machi Raju and Sri Grandhi Appanna built the temple at the Sunday Market (Previously known as Aidhu Lanterla Stambham). During  1910 A.D. a sculptor Tatavolu Naga Bhushanacharyulu from Kaalla village incarnated the idol of the Goddess as SHANTI SWAROOPINI and placed Rama Krishna Paramahamsa and Vivekananda idols on the both sides of the entrance.

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There are many speculations regarding the origin of powerful goddess Shri  Mavullama ammavaru. Among them, there is a belief which considers ‘Rayakudhuru’ near by place of Veeravasaram to be the birth place of the goddess. Residents from this area believe in the history which is being stated this way…

It was heard that, goddess Shri Mavullama instigated in the 1200 centuary , but the subject on the history of the temple was only available from 1800 centuary. It was tracked from  the voices that, Mavullama originated from the area where the holy Neem and Banyan tree are organized together at the location of Motupalli vaari street in Bhimavaram, the current landmark of the temple which was once used to hide the ghatam of goddess.

As the place was totally covered with garden fresh and clean mango trees, the goddess is represented with the name of ‘Maamillamma’ representing the purity and holy spirituality. Lots of people from all over the place visited and considered her as the holy gramadevatha who was very later represented as ‘Mavullamma’ instead of ‘Mamillamma’.

The elders over the place say that, in the past 1880,during the days of Vaisaka Masam, residents of Bhimavaram named Marella Marchiraju and Grandhi Appana had a vision of the goddess where she wished to have a temple build for her providing the devotees a chance to deliver their prayers.

When searched according to the mandate of the Goddess, the devotees found the statue of the goddess and initially build a small culinary and worshipped her. As the days passed by, disciple Marchiraju build the temple at Aadivaram bazaar (aayidhu lantharla sthambam). So, every year starting from jveshta suddha padyami, a complete month of fair celebrations are conducted.

In 1910 when bhimavarm was flooded, the holy statue of Mavullamma was bit damaged and in 1920, the craftsman Thatholu Nagabushanachaari  with his outstanding efforts sculpted the statue in to priceless possession. She was worshipped with the trace of ’Pralaya Beekara Swarupini’ and inorder to award the peace, the statues of nonviolent fighters like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Gauthama Budha were placed beside the goddess. The virgo guards are sculpted and placed which added the beauty to the place. From the origin, the ancestors of Mente Venkataswamy and  Alluri Bhimaraju are considered to be the family members related to the mother home of Goddess and the ancestors of Grandhi appana are referred to as the family of her Mother-in-law. So, the elders of these family handle the responsibility in handling the occasion.

 During Vaishaka masam of the  year 1880 A.D. Sri Mavullamma ammavaru came into the dream o f Sri Marella Machi Raju and Sri Grandhi Appanna and advised  them to build a temple in the place where she had emerged. After they found the Goddess they used to offer her prayers in a small hut. Both Sri Marella Machi Raju and Sri Grandhi Appanna built the temple at the Sunday Market (Previously known as Aidhu Lanterla Stambham). During  1910 A.D. a sculptor Tatavolu Naga Bhushanacharyulu from Kaalla village incarnated the idol of the Goddess as SHANTI SWAROOPINI and placed Rama Krishna Paramahamsa and Vivekananda idols on the both sides of the entrance.