Was in Andhra(united) region last week. Extremely fortunate & blessed to have visited Jogulamba & Balabrahmeshvara temples in Alampur and Ranganathaswamy temple in Nellore and of course Srivari Tirupati at Tirumala. I was on some official visit yet squeezed out enough time to lay prostrate at the divine feet of the शक्ति (सती), शिव, विष्णु,& विष्णु again respectively.
Jogulamba temple is a शक्तिपीठ in त्रिलिंगदेश where the upper alveolus(jaw) of सती fell. The देवी has विग्रह with वीभत्स look: almost nude,old,gauche,frail,yet fierce large eyes,& a huge hairbun with one each of lizard,scorpion,bat,& skull therein. She's seen as गृह चण्डी, these symbols show the signs of decay of a house: first enter the lizards, then is the appearance of scorpions. If bats enter a house it's the third step which finally will lead to skulls in the house (Deaths in that house). If we worship #जोगुलाम्बा देवी she'll cancel all the negatives caused by aforesaid signs. She is also worshiped to relieve vAstu doshas.
Alampur is a small town/village with a single dusty road to reach from Kurnool. It has a significant third abrahamic population as well and disgustingly a chunk of the old temple complex is occupied by sullas who're using it as a mosque+dargah. Revolting abomination! But a recurring pattern like elsewhere in भारतवर्ष polluted & infested by the satanic monogodists.
Coming back to the Jogulamba temple, we were extremely fortunate to reach there just when आरती started and it was so overwhelming I cried. This's her naked avtar where she sits on a corpse with her tongue stretched outside, an avtar of fierce goddess that grants सिद्धि in योग & hence called Jogulamba. This word is a changed form of Yogula Amma in Telugu: Mother of Yogis. She's considered a hard to please deity. Not hard to please but hard to worship deity,it's her उग्र रूप,with twin shaktis चण्डी & मुण्डी idols of which are at the nearby Balabrahmeshvara shiva temple now.
The temple complex is on the banks of तुंगभद्रा,made >1500 YBP in चालुक्य reign. It was destroyed by evil Bahmanis 700YBP,& restored 11YBP. The स्तुति & आरती were in proper संस्कृत with all the rituals plus offerings in place and order,done by two priests in perfect tandem assisted by devoted helps. The aroma emanating from offerings, camphor, lamps & incense, the sounds of gongs, bells, conchs, chanting & devotees all made for an hoary and divine experience. I was transported back 1500 years and simply overwhelmed I couldn't hold back my tears of joy from streaming out.
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