Attirala (Hatyarala) Sacred Temples
Attirala (Telugu: అత్తిరాల) is an uninhabited village. There is the temple of sri Thretheswara swamy in the form of a stone sivalingam. According to tradition there lived a Rakshasa by name Threthasura in Thretayuga who brought misery not only to man kind but to sages also. Then to get rid of him, sage Narada and other Maharshis peformed a yagna in propitiation of lord Eswara. Eswara came out from the homa gundam in the form of a Tejo lingam and emancipated the rakshasa by killing him. This temple is picturesquely situated on the bank of the river Bahuda (Cheyyeru) on a hillock with a beautiful Kalyana mantapanm (marriage hall) and gali gopuram (tower). The hillock is known as Thretachalam on account of the manifestation of Threteswara swamy. There is a temple of Gadadhara swamy to the north of this temple. Below the hillock on the bank of the river, Sri Parasurama was installed in a temple and hence the shrine is known as Parasurama kshetram. Legend: The legend ha...
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