Lord Shiva temple under water at the Nagarjunasagar Pushkar ghat.
HYDERABAD: Even God could not escape Nature’s fury as the gushing waters of Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers swamped several historic temples in Krishna, Nalgonda, Kurnool and Mahaboobnagar districts.With the Krishna being most furious in its 100-year history, several temples, which have a great history and religious importance, were submerged in the flood water.The Alampur Jogulamba temple in Mahaboobnagar district, one of the nation’s 18 Sakti Peethams, was submerged under Tungabhadra waters.The 7th-century Siva temple there is sacred and considered by devotees as the Dakshina Kasi (southern Kasi).The Nava Brahma temples in Alampur, believed to be built by the Badami Chalukyas, were also inundated.Krishna water entered the famous Narasimha temple at Vedadri, near jaggayyapet, in Krishna district. As the water entered Muktyala village, the historic Siva temple was closed.Another famous temple, Mattapalli Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Nalgonda district, was also submerged.Now, only a small portion of the temple’s pinnacle could be seen jutting out of water. The Prahlada Yogananda Lakshmi Narasimha, the presiding deity of Mattapalli, said to be selfexistent, was founded by Machireddy Prabhu some 1,100 years ago.Another famous siva temple, `Sagar temple’ near Najagarjunasagar, was fully submerged under the flood waters.In Guntur district, the historic Buddhist site in Amaravati, 2 km away from the Siva temple, is under water. Water is flowing one foot above the platform of the historic Amaravati Siva temple. The platform was used for car parking and performing marriages.Though, flood water receded from the Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Mantralayam, the flood damaged the properties of the mutt to some extent.Around, 70 cows died there. There is no usual rush at the temple now.Krishna water has entered the Dattatreya temple in Kurgadda near Maktal in Mahaboobnagar district. There is no power supply in the temple and devotees are unable to reach the shrine.vvbalakrishna@epmltd.com
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