Suryanarayana Temple,
Arasavalli – Legends
Arasavalli:
As per legend, Balarama, brother
of Lord Krishna brought the Nagavali river with his plow during Dwapara Yuga.
He also built the Rudra Koteeswara Temple in Srikakulam at the banks of the
Nagavali river. All the devas worshipped Lord Shiva and Parvathi at this temple
during its consecration. Indra arrived late and tried to enter the temple, but
Nandi stopped him from entering as it would disturb the ceremonies. But, Indra
tried to enter the temple forcefully.
Nandi
got furious and kicked him with his foot strongly and thrown him away from the
temple. Indra laid unconscious with extreme body pains. After, he regained his
consciousness, Indra dug the place where he fell down and found an image of Suryanarayana
Swamy. He performed pooja to the idol and got relieved from the pain. He also
created Indra Theertham with his weapon Vajrayudha. As his pain got turned into
joy at this place, the place came to be called as Harshavalli
(Abode of Joy). Later Harshavalli
got corrupted to Arasavalli.
References in Padma Purana:
As per
Padma Purana, Sage Kashyapa installed an idol of Surya at Arasavalli
for the welfare of mankind. Thus, Surya is of Kashyapa Gotra and also termed as
planetary King.
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