Sri Veeravenkata satyanarayana Swami Temple

Annavaram is one of the most famous Holy Shrines in India and enjoys the second place after Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. The temple has been built in the Dravidian style and the glory and richness of Lord Satyadeva has been widely described in Revakhanda of Skandhapuranam. The presiding deity Lord Satyadeva with his consort Sri Anantha Lakshmi on one Side and with Lord Siva on the other side made the mountain of Ratnagiri hills. The sacred Pampa river touches the foothills of Ratnagiri. This is only the temple that attracts the Pilgrims of both Vaishnava and Saiva Hindu religion. There is an interesting and popular legend about the discovery of the main idol of the Lord. The legend goes that the Lord revealed himself in a dream, where he told the local people that his Vigraha was left abandoned on the hill without worship and that the local people must trace it and reconsecrate it. Thereupon, all the local residents and the then Zamindar searched and discovered the idol at the foot of a tree. The worship was performed and the idol was installed a little higher at the present spot. When it came to be known that Lord Satyanarayana had manifested Himself on the Ratnagiri hills at Annavaram with unique form combining trhe Trimurtis viz., Brahma, Vishnu and Siva and when the devoted Zamindars of Kirlampudi began to provide facilities for the pilgrims, the number of pilgrims from far and near swelled to hundreds and thousands. The average attendance daily is about two thousands now a-days.