Sree Sita Rama Swamy Temple/Bhadrachalam

Like  Tirupati , Srisailam and Srikalahasti  another most prominent pilgrim centre is Badrachalam.  This place is in Khammam district of telangana. 

LOCATION:

River Godavari flows near Bhadrachalem. It is 312kms from Hyderabad. Telangana Govt provides transport facilities to Bhadrachalem from many places of the state. One can come by train as the nearest station is in Kothagudem about 40kms from the town. Devotees and tourists can enjoy a pleasant trip by water ways from Rajahmundry on river Godavari passing through Papi kondalu. Co-ordinates of the place is 17⁰ 40^’N    80⁰ 53’E / 17.670N     80.88⁰E

HISTORY & CONSTRUCTION:

             The importance of this place is described in the great epic of Ramayana. Bhadra , a great devotee of lord Rama , performed a great penance at the bank of river Godavari. This pleased Rama and he visit him during in search of Sita.  Bhadra requested Rama to sit on his head as reward, but Rama refused to do so as he was in search of his sita. So, he promised to fulfill his request on his return. In the course of fulfillment of the promise Lord Mahavishnu manifested himself as Vaikunta Rama accompanied by his consort sita on his left lap and brother Laxmana on his side were placed on head of Bhadra. The deity was placed on Bhadra’s head Achala (immovable). Thus the place is called as Bhadrachalam.

            An ardent devotee of Rama, Pokaladammakka found this deity in the forest, as she had a dream of Lord Rama describing of his presence on Bhadragiri hill and told to perform rituals to attain salvation.

            Kancharla Gopanna also called as Bhakta Ramadas in 1638 AD constructed the temple of Bhadrachalam. To construct the great temple, he collected money from villagers for which, he was punished by the Golconda Nawab.  Later he was released from Jail as Lord Rama and Laxmana repaid the total amount he spend on the construction of the temple.

            Many places around Bhadrachalam are to be visited for their mythological importance. 

1.      Parnasala: This place is 35km from Bhadrachalam, where Lord Rama during his exile constructed a hermitage to spend his time with his wife and brother.

2.      Jattayu Paka: It is 2km away from Bhadrachalam. Jattayu is a bird and devotee of Lord Rama, fought a fearful battle with Ravana while he was kidnapping Sita. Defeated Jattayu waited for Lord Rama to arrive in this place.

3.      Dummagudam:  According to the villagers stories Rama killed 14,000 demons lead by brothers Khara and Dushana. The village is said to be built on the demons ashes.

RITUALS AND SEVAS:

Kalyanotsavam and Vaikunta ekadasi are main festivals celebrated here. Kalyanotsavam during Sri Ramanavami in March and April months draws thousands of devotees to see wedding of Rama and Sita. Druing Vaikunta ekadasi Sitarmachandra is seen from Vaikuntadwaram.

Daily rituals and seva details are given below:

Alaya chuttu seva	8:00PM to 8:30PM	Rs.200
Vahana seva	8:00PM to 8:30PM	Rs.516
Nitya Kalyana ubhayam	9:30AM to 11:00AM	Rs.601
Couple Astothara Namarchana	8:30AM to 8:00PM	Rs.100
Sahasranamarchana	8:30AM to 9:30AM	Rs.50
Suvarna Tulasi Astotharanamarchana	8:30AM to 9:30AM	Rs.250
Rajatha radhaseva	From 6:30PM	Rs.1116

Accomodation:

Devasthanam provides 8 choultries consisting of 200 rooms and 18 cottages.

Many other cottages and choultry are available for devotees like TTD choultry with 32 rooms,  Karnool Srinivas Rao Sadan with 40 rooms,  Yadagiri Sadan with 8 rooms, Nagireddy Sadan with 4 rooms, Yatrik Sadan with 16 rooms.  

Contact Executive Officer: Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Vaari
Devasthanam,
Bhadrachalam-507 111, Dist. Khammam,
Andhra Pradesh, India

Official Website : - http://www.bhadrachalarama.org