why ""Panakalaswamy Temple" Built at Mangalagiri of Guntur dist-A.P. india.?

Question

is it has any welfare of humem being if so how OR ony religious.

Answer 1

MANGALAGIRI is situated on the Bezwada-Guntur road and is about 8 miles by road from Vijayawada. On the top of the Mangalagiri hill there is a famous temple called the Panakala Nrusimhaswamy temple, which has been attracting pilgrims from a very long time, and from all parts of the country. The nearest railway station is Mangalagiri on the Guntur Vijayawada line but to visit the temple, the better course would be to get down either at Vijayawada or at Guntur and take bus connections.
There are three choultries of this temple in addition to a loacal fund choultry, a Madhava choultry, a vysya choultry and a Brahman choultry. The pilgrims are given all facilities for comfortable stay here.
The Lord that is worshipped here is Lord Narayana in Narasimha Swamy incarnation. The peculiarity in this temple is that jaggery water, or what is locally known as Panaka, is given as an offering to the Lord. The jaggery water is actually poured into the mouth of the Lord, and Lord Narayana shows that he has fully satisfied himself, when half of water is thrown back as a prasada to the devotees.
While the jaggery water is being poured into the mouth of the Lord a gurgling sound is clearly audible as if the Lord is actually drinking it, and the sound becomes shriller and shriller, as and when the Lord is drinking, till at last the sound stops, and the balance of the jaggery water is thrown out. This phenomenon happens not once in a day, but once for every pilgrim who visits the temple. In addition, in spite of the fact that so much of jaggery and jaggery water is thrown out, there is not a single ant that is seen near the bill. It is on account of this special characteristic that the temple has acquired the name of Panakala Nrusimhaswamy temple.
The history of this famous shrine is recorded in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, which is one of our ancient Puranas. Mangalagiri hill means an auspicious hill, and it is a part of the Eastern Ghats. This place is one of the eight important Mahakshetras of India, which was meant by the Lord to be taken as His own abode, for the redemption of humanity from sin. The origin of this temple with its presiding deity known as Panakala Nrusimhaswamy is traced to the Krithayuga. The temple is situated midway on the side of a hill.
The mountain itself is in the shape of an elephant as seen from a distance. Even to day the hill presents the appearance of a reclining elephant.
The Sthalapurana and the legend of the temple are as follows:
Pariyatra, who was an ancient king, had a son called Hrusva Sringi who was born with a number of bodily deformities. Hrusva Sringi, in order to cure himself of his bodily deformities, went on a long pilgrimage and finally came to the hill of Mangalagiri and stayed there for three years doing tapascharya. All the Devas advised him to continue at Mangalagiri and do penance to the Lord. King Pariyatra was not very happy at this intense tapascharya of his son, and therefore came to the hill in order to dissuade him from taking to the rigors of penance, and waited to take him away to his own kingdom. Hrusva Sringi, not being in a position to decline his father's overtures, assumed the shape of an elephant and became the mountain Mangalagiri, so that his body might serve as the abode of Lard Narasimha in his Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy akara. Since the intense devotion of a Bhakta who offered his own body as an abode of the Lord is immortalized here. Mangalagiri is said to be a very holy mountain.
Later on Lord Vishnu in the aspect of Lakshmi Narasimha killed the great demon called Namuchi with his Chakra and installed himself on this hill.. The popular legend is that the offerings to this Lord were, honey in Kitayuga, ghee in Dwaparayuga, milk in Tretayuga, and Panaka or jaggery water in this Kaliyuga. This offering of Panaka is made even now, by pouring the offering into the mouth of the Lord with a Sankha or a conch and only half of the quantity is accepted by the Lord while the rest is left to the devotee as prasada. The mountain Mangalagiri itself appears in an elephant's shape and the t6mple is situated just at the mouth. The two peculiarities of the temple are that the offering of jaggery water is made, and that too directly into the mouth of the Lord, and secondly that there is no other idol in the temple except that of Lord Narasimhaswamy, whose face alone is sculptured in the hill itself.
There is another legend that, in the Tretayuga, Lord Rama could not get liberation in spite of strict observance of the Dharma and therefore he was advised to visit this temple to get Mukti. That is why this hill is also called the Totadri. In the Kitayuga, when the ocean Ksheerodadhi was being churned by the Mandara hill, Sri MahaIakshmi came out of it. The Devas constructed a Pushkarani by bringing the waters from all the ancient and holy rivers of the land, and Sri MahaIakshmi after a bath in this holy Pushkarani offered herself to Lord Narayana as his beloved consort. This Pushkarani is said to exist in Mangalagiri and hence it is even now called as Lakshmi Pushkarani.
There is another temple at the foot of the hill, which traces its origin to the time of Yudhishthira the eldest of the Pandavas. In Vijayawada itself, which is eight miles from Mangalagiri, there is a hill called the Indrakila Parvata, in which Arjuna is said to have done his tapascharya, in order to obtain Pasupatha from Lord Siva. This hill Indrakila is said to be the scene of the Kiratarjuniya where Lord Siva in the form of a hunter had a fight with Arjuna. Hence there is legendary connection between Vijayawada and Mangalagiri which is very near and the five Pandava brothers. Yudhishthira is said to be the founder of this temple, and the deity here also is called Sri Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy.
The Kshetrapalaka of this place is Sri Anjaneya. It is stated that Anjaneya wanted to follow Lord Rama to Vaikunta but the Lord advised him to stay at Mangalagiri with his blessings so that he may remain forever in the world for the Lokakalyana. Hence Sri Anjaneya is said to have taken his abode at this place.
Lord Chaitanya has visited the temple in the year 1312 A.D. and the imprints of his feet and a verse dedicated to his honor are still to be seen in the temple. At the foot of the hill, there is also an inscription of the time of Krishandevaraya of the Vijayanagar dynasty that had visited the temple. On the eastern gate of the lower temple a beautiful gopura has been built over 170 years ago by Sri Vasireddi Venkatadri Nayudu, who was a famous figure in Andhra ruling from Amaravati. The gopura has eleven stories with gates facing east and west and is an excellent example of a solid construction with big proportions. There is also an ancient ratha or car belonging to the temple, with ornamental woodcarvings depicting the scenes from the great national epics of Bharata, Bhagavata and Ramayana
The important festivals of this temple are the Brahmotsavam which lasts for twelve days in March and the other usual festivals like the Vaikunta Ekadashi day, Sriramanavami, Hanuman Jayanthi, Narasimha Jayanthi etc. The temple with its imposing gopuram in the south and the sacred Lord Narasimhaswamy at the top is still attracting pilgrims in large numbers. It is one of the most sacred spots in Andhra and is noted both for its sanctity as well as for its historical importance

Answer 2

To supress the Volcano, Panakam is added to the Lava
Thus it is called Panakala Swamy Temple.

Answer 3

It is said that Lord Narasimha Swami is self-existent on the Mangalagiri hill. This is a Passive Volcano hill, which was once active. He is offered Jaggery Water (Panakam) by the devotees. It neutralizes Sulphur compounds and prevents Volcano eruption. Also, no ants are present in the vicinity where Jaggery water is offered.

Answer 4

Panakala Swamy Temple