Many
Gods are worshiped in India, among them Lord Vinayaka have a special place in
the hearts of Indians. There are many Vinayaka temples in India, among them Kanipaka Vinayaka is one of its kinds.
Here this temple has a beautiful history and many miracles. This temple is
situated in Kanipakam in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state.
HISTORY & ARCHITECHURE:
Sri Varasidh
Vinayaka Swamy is the preceding deity of this temple. The statue in this temple
is swayambhu. Story behind this temple is, three handicapped brothers one is
deaf, second one is dump, & last one is blind. They use to cultivate a
small piece of land for their living hood. Irrigation facility is provided from
a well nearby. One day they find that water in the well dried up, so they
decided to dig it farther for water. While digging in the dried well, to their
surprise they heard a sound of metal striking to their tools and instead of
water blood starts flowing in the well.
Slowly the water in the well completely turns in to blood. As the
brothers got wet in that blood they were cured from their deformities, by
seeing this divine miracle villagers tried to dig it further to take Vinayaka
out but their actions were futile. Therefore, they declared this as Swyambhu
(Self-manifested) and offered prayers, mangalaharathi and coconuts. As
countless devotees offered coconuts the water from these coconuts flooded up to
more than an acre. Thus, this place is called Kanipakam. The water in the well never dries up and manifesto of
Lord Vinayaka grows in size still this day.
This
swayambu idol of Kanipakam is the upholder of truth. Many disputes between
people were solved here by taking special oaths in front of gods. The People
who were in dispute take a holy dip in the tank nearby and swear in front of
god for not repeating the same incident.
This
temple was constructed in 11th century by Chola king Kulothunga chola
1& further Vizayanagaram emperors developed it.
SEVAS & FESTIVALS:
Brahmotsavam
is held every year on Vinayaka chaviti and celebrated for 20days, besides that
daily sevas and poojas takes place in the temple. Details are given below
Suprabhatam,Binduteerthabhisekham
|
4:00AM
-5:00AM
|
Paalabhisekham
|
7:30AM
to 6:30PM
|
Sankatahara
Ganapathi vratham
|
9:00AM to 12:00
|
Special
Abhisekham
|
5:30AM
to 7:15PM
|
Pavalimpu
seva
|
9:30PM
to 10:00PM
|
Nitya
kalyanostavam
|
11:00
AM to 12:00PM
|
Vunjala
seva
|
6:30
AM to 7:30 PM
|
HOW TO REACH:
Devotees
can reach here my all means of transport. Roadways are well connected to this place,
which makes it easy way to travel through roadways. Railways are not connected
to this place, but it will be convenient to stop at Tirupati and Katpadi. It is
70kms from Tirupati to Chittoor and 35kms from Katpadi to Chittoor.
Devastanam
also provides accommodation facilities for devotees.
1.
6
rooms by Kanipakam Devastanm
2.
14
roooms by TTD choultries
In
addition to this devastnam is
constructing a building with 100 rooms , construction is in progress .
For
further datails contact Devastanam
Ph no:91-8573-281540 (Office)
91-8573-281747 (EO)
91-8573281547 (PA)
Email
: kanipak@kanipakam.com
Official
website is : http://www.kanipakam.com/
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