Freedom30409324615
★1.0Wrote on 13 Oct 2023
Business they are doing in this temple
They will loot you in this temple. Full commercial people in this temple. Money money money they want
Suryakatakam
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 18 Feb 2023
Nava Nandi Visit is most important in this trip
Mahanandi Temple is located in the east of Nallamalla Forest range at a distance of 14 km from Nandyala and 80 km from Kurnool. Lord Shiva Worshipped here as Mahanandeeswara Swamy which is Swayambu Shiva Lingam. Chalukya Kings built this temple witch is 1500 years old temple. Nava Nandi's There are Nine Nandi shrines called Nava Nandi's within 15 km region of Mahanandi and Nandyala. It is belief that if someone is having all nine Nandi's Darshan within a day from Sunrise to Sunset then he will have Moksha and will get read of all his sins. One of Nava Nandi's is inside main temple and other eight shrines are Prathama Nandi situated near the Nandyala Railway station, Naga Nandi is inside Anjaneya temple to the West of Nandyala Town, Soma Nandi which lies towards the east of Nandyala near Atmakur, Surya Nandi is located four miles east of Nandyala and six miles West of Mahanandi, Krishna Nandi also known as Vishnu Nandi is located about two miles from Mahanandi, Vinayaka Nandi is situated towards northwest of the main temple, Shiva Nandi is far away nearly 13 km from Nandyala and Garuda Nandi lies to the west of Mahanandi temple. It is suggestable to stay in Nandyala to cover all these Nine Nandi's in sequence and at final can have Mahanandi temple visit after completion of Nava Nandi's visit. Pushkarani's of Temple: The main temple is surrounded by three water pools. Two small pools at the entrance and one big pool inside temple. Outside two pools are named as Vishnu Gundam and Brahma Gundam. The Pool inside the temple is called as Rudra Gundam. Temple Timings: Morning 04:30 - 01:00 Evening 02:00 - 09:30
bts_munnangi
★★★★4.0Wrote on 31 Aug 2021
Purity of the temple spoiled by authorities on the name of money everywhere
This temple is around 15km from Nandyala in kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.This is very old temple constructed during the reign of chalukyas.This temple had a big pond where water comes from unknown source.There are 2 more ponds called vishnu gundam and brahma gundam outside the main temple where devotees used to take bath.Now they are not allowed to jump into these 3 ponds due to covid. Even though people come here to have Gods darshan,the autorities are spoiling the sanity of this place by making everything a business.We are not allowed to take our mobiles inside the temple and need to pay 10rs for each to keep it in their lockers.We need to pay 10rs for each cheppal pair. Totally there are 9 nandis called navanandi named Mahanandi,Vinayaka Nandi,Garuda nandi,Vishnu Nandi,Shiva Nandi,Surya Nandi,Soma Nandi,Naga Nandi,Pramda Nandi.We hired an auto for 700 to cover 6 nandis.Vinayaka Nandi and Garuda Nandi are near to Maha Nandi temple
TraavelGeek
★1.0Wrote on 29 Oct 2020
Business in the name of God
After visiting this temple and going through the whole experience I wonder if it is a temple or a business. It starts with a steep entry fee of Rs. 80 for a car just 500 meters before the temple. Then to your surprise the ticket booth asks for Rs. 50 per person as an entry fee to the temple when the charge is Rs. 10. Everything is written in Telugu so the ones who don't know the language reads only number 10. On asking the question I got a rude reply that it is Rs. 50 if I want to enter before 8 am. All these for a normal queue and not VIP pass. Phones and cameras are not allowed inside the main temple, the fee is just Rs. 500 per device. You pay Rs. 50 at the storage to handover your phone/camera. Then you have to pay Rs. 10 for storage of each pair of footwear. Wait...it does not stop here. At every section of the temple the priest asks for "Dakshina" and that too the expectation is in multiple of 100s. If you don't give then they clearly show their ANGER. It looked like each priest has opened a shop inside the temple. All explanations about God and the temple are written in Telugu except the money matter. Wherever they need "Dakshina" it is written with BIG letters in Hindi, English and Telugu. It seems they are very good at marketing. There are 9 Nandis at this temple and a flow of water continuously comes out from the mouth of one of the Nandi statues inside the pond. It is an unsolved mystery till today. This is what attracted us to the temple. But we could not find that Nandi anywhere. When we asked people inside the temple they were just not interested because we didn't pay any Dakshina. One devotee was kind enough to guide us to a place where we can see it. The temple and authorities are NOT bothered to follow any social distancing protocols in Covid times. They are only interested in money. Last but not the least is the "Prasadam" counter. Laddoo of 80 grams is Rs. 15 but nowhere it is mentioned that they give only one piece of Laddoo. Why do you need to write 80 grams, instead just write, one Laddoo will cost Rs. 15. When I went to buy that "80 grams" of Laddoos and handed over a bill of Rs. 20, the clerk arrogantly told me that he doesn't have change and I have to buy 160 grams. I agreed and then he gave me 2 Laddoos wrapped poorly as if I am a beggar and then came a rough tone "side kodi" even though nobody was in the queue behind me. I still wonder how come he knew I am from Karnataka. I was literally annoyed with the attitude of temple staff. I usually never write negative reviews about any genuine religious places but this was a LOOT in the name of God so I could not resist.
TEK98
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 28 May 2020
Mahanandi
It is a temple of lord Shiva.And it is located in nallamala forest.On the way we can see tigers too.we have to visit this temple especially for a pond.The pond is very pure.If we drop a coin in that pond we can see clearly.And we don't know that where the water is coming from.And it is a beautiful place to visit.
