The Sree Sailam Temple located in Kurnool district, is one of the 12
Jyotirlingam. Sri Sailam is a small city situated in the densely
forested Nallamalai hills. This temple is considered very holy and is
dedicated to Mallikarjuna Swamy and Bhramaramba. One unique feature of
the temple is that all the devotees who visit the temple are allowed to
touch the idol which is not prevalent in any other temple. The temple is
located at a distance of 245 km from Hyderabad. The Sree Sailam temple
has rich sculptural work, fort like walls and towers. The temple is
built in Dravidian style. According to popular legends, the religious
leader had visited the temple and had composed his famous Sivananda
Lahiri. It is also believed that Goddess Durga had taken the form of a
bee and worshiped Lord Shiva here and selected this holy place as her
abode. There are some temples in the vicinity of Sree Sailam Temple,
they are-
- Tripurantakam to the east of Sree Sailam.
- Siddavatam of Cuddapah district to the South.
- Alampur Navabhrama temples in Mahboobnagar district to the West.
- Umamaheswaram in Mahboobnagar district to the North.
- Paladhara Panchadara : The spot where Adi Sankara is said
to have meditated.
- Hatakeswaram : Another Shiva temple near Paladhara
Panchadara where the lingam was originally made of gold.
- Sakthi Ganapathi temple : It is considered important to
visit this temple before visiting Sri Sailam.
- Kailasa Dwaram : The main entrance to Sri Sailam for
those trekking to the temple.
- Sikharam : There is a hill temple dedicated to Shiva at a
height of 2850 feet above sea level in the Nallamalai hills
- Patalaganga : is where the bathing ghats associated with
Sri Sailam are located. (Krishna river).
