MATUNGA HILL

There are steps to the western side of this hill. At the top of the hill there is the temple of Veerabhuvaneswara. From the top of the hill one can see the west the tower of Pampapathi,the chariot road, and Hemakoota; to the north of the river; to the east…

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VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE

Buses from Hospet terminate near this temple. The magnificent tower is visible from a distance. The tower is 165 ft high, the breadth is 150 ft and the length 120 ft. It has eleven storeys. It is called “Bistappaya Tower”. It is not known who built it or when it…

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Beechapalli

On the way to Hyderabad from Kurnool, on the bank near the bridge on the river Krishna is the installation of SriPranadeva done by SriVyasaraja for the benefit of all the noble ones. The place is close to Rajavalli. Modalkallu Seshadasa had spent several years here in seva and attained…

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Rajavalli

This is the place where the vrindavana of Sri Bhuvanendratirtha, of the tradition of SriSwami, is made on the banks of river Tunga-Bhadra. He was the guru who ordained the sanyasa ashram to SriVyasatattvagnyatirtha. During his period the matha attained several recognitions and reached greater heights.

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Chintareval

This is the place where there is the Pranadeva sannidhana installed by SriVyasaraja. It is believed that the Pranadeva here was a very fierce one. So Modalkallu SriSeshadasa installed a yantra along with the pratika so that the deva became favourable to those offering seva here. Ever since, the Pranadeva…

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Venisompur

Aiji acharya had learnt from a forecast by Sri Gopaladas that he would not get aparokshagnyana in that birth. He took another birth as SriVyasatattvagnyatirth to become a sanyasi and attain aparokshagnyana from this place Venisompur. He has served Srimadacharya by composing various treatised in Prakrit and Sanskrit. About 25…

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