Active Blogs | Popular Blogs | Recent Blogs Komuravelli is a small village in Warangal district and it is very famous for the Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy temple. Every year in the month of January fair would be held, which is called Jatara in Telugu. This jatara starts immediately after Makara Sankranti i.e., on the first sunday after Makara Sankranti till the telugu new year Ugadi.
The feast is conducted on every sundays from Sankranti to Ugadi. People from various parts of the state come to have the darshan of the lord and take his blessings. Most of the devotees are from telangana only and among them yadavs are the majority.
The deity of the lord is huge in structure and he is seated in between the two huge rocks with his consorts goddess Bravaramba and goddess Golaketamma. Temple is opened on all through the year, however the darshan of lord would be more worth seeing during the jatara.
Apart from the main temple, there is bandi chakralu which is just opposite to the temple, it is believed that the rath shaped structure is the lords chariot which he use to ride. Various offerings and Poojas are perfomed here amongs them the most famous are the Bonalu and the Agigundalu, agigundalu is conducted on the first day of the jatara and again on the last day of jatara. It is believed that on some devotees lord would come, which is called punacam and that is the reason they can walk easily on the hot coal (agigundalu). Bonalu for lord is also very important pooja and which is done by the devotees as offering to lord for being with them and it is thanks giving pooja to the almighty. There is one more offering called as Patam, that is rangoli is done on the ground by the devotees and they dance with joy worshipping the lord and singing various songs on him.
Few yards away from the main temple, there is one more temple of Goddess Renuka Devi, sister of Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy, her temple is located on the top of the hill, the devotees need to go by walk to take the blessings of her. However the temple is not any structure made of concrete, a small idol of the goddess is worshiped here who is seated between the rocks. Here also offering of bonalu is done, this is really a worth watching, on the feast day, so many devotees take the bonalu on their heads to the goddess with the diyas on it (lighted lamps on the bonalu). All the bonalu are offered before 7:00 pm in the evening, when we see the devotees taking the bonalu to the hill top from the ground level we can only see the diyas lightening, bright in the dark evening. Bonalu are decorated with the haldi and kumkum according to the devotees wish, we can see the good art done on the bonalu.
Few kilometres from the main temple there is one more temple of Goddess Konda Pochamma, this temple is about 15 to 20 kilometres away from Mallikarjuna Swamy temple, people who come to worship Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy would definitely go to this goddess temple too, she is called the village goddess and she too is elder sister of Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy. Here the fair would be conducted on tuesdays same as starting from Makara Sankranti to Ugadi. Once the devotees complete their offering at Komuravelli would travel down to Konda Pochamma temple i.e., on Monday and offer the poojas and bonalu on tuesdays here. Here the temple is small but the goddess power is great, she would bless all her devotees.
May all of us have the blessings of God Mallikarjuna.
Transport Details :
Special APSRTC buses are available for every one hour from the Jubilee Bus Station and the Central Bus Station during the jatara.
By car or any other transport like private buses or tempos etc., we can reach the place within 2 hours from the city (Hyderabad).
Accommodation :
Temple guest houses and cottages are available which need to be booked in advance at the time of jatara and also private rooms are available. TTD rooms are also available.
Prasad Kolla | Thx for sharing this with us. Please write about more Temples in Telangana.
Posted at: 7, May 2009 11:52 PM | .jpg)
Prasad Kunisetty | Very nice article!
If you can add few photos, that will be really excellent!
Posted at: 5, May 2009 6:34 PM |
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