Lord Vishnu is in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy and Ananthagiri is named after him. Padmanabha is another incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Here he is lying on Anantha, the snake that floats upon the cosmic waters in Vaikunta. Mythology has it that Brahma was born out of the navel of Padmanabha. His wife, Lakshmi is with him.
The temple of Sri Anantha Padmanaba Swamy is located on Ananthagiri hills of Ranga Reddy district, Telangana which is 75 km from Hyderabad.
History
According to Skanda Purana it is believed the temple is installed by the Rishi Markandeya in Dwapara Yuga. Attracted by peaceful atmosphere of Ananthagiri hills Markandeya Rishi came here for yoga sadhana . Every day Markandeya used to go to Kasi from Ananthagiri to take a holy bath in Ganga through a cave due to his yoga sadhana. On one day he was not able to go to kasi as Dwadasi enter the early hours of the morning. Lord gave Darshana in dream and arranged ganga to flow to perform a holy bath for Rishi.
Rajarshi Muchikunda after fighting for years with rakshasas came to Ananthagiri to take rest and went into deep sleep, He got a boon from devandra that who ever spoils the sleep of his can be killed by burning to ashes.
Kalayavana rakshsa took control of Dwaraka and followed Lord Krishna and Balarama to Ananthagiri and spoil the sleep of Muchikunda and got killed. Lord Krishna gave darshana in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy to Muchikunda and blessed him to take a permanent place in the world in the form of river. The same river today is supposed to be Moosi which flows through Hyderabad.
Sri Anantha Padmanaba Swamy also gave darshana to markandeya and converted into a charka to swamy.
400 years ago Nizam Nawabs used to come here for hunting and to take rest in the peaceful place of Ananthagiri hills, one day lord Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy came to Nawab dreams and asked him to build the temple for him. The main temple of lord is constructed by Hyderabad Nawab.
Darshan Timings
Every Day:
4.30 am to 6.30 am - Abhishekam
7.00 am to 1.00 pm – Sarva Darsanam
3.00 am to 8.30 pm – Sarva Darsanam
How to Reach
This Temple is situated in Ananthagiri village which is 5 km from Vikarabad and 75 km from Hyderabad, frequent buses and private transport operate between Vikarabad and Ananthagiri Temple.
Bus route:
Devotees coming from Hyderabad need to take bus to Tandur and get down at Ananthagiri Temple stage.
Train Route:
Devotees travel by train need to get down at Vikarabad Railway Station and from there different modes of transport is available to reach Ananthagiri Temple, Temple is 7 km away from Vikarabad Railway Station.
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