HISTORY OF
VAYULINGESWARA TEMPLE, SOWBHAGYAPURAM, TELEPHONE COLONY, HYDERABAD-500035.
The
idea behind the construction of this temple was born in the mind of Late Sri
Valluru Venkateswarlu garu who hails from Valluru, Guntur District, Andhra
Pradesh. He was born as the eldest son of an orthodox Brahmin freedom fighter
by name, Late Sri Valluru Vissum Raju Garu and Late Smt.Ramapunnamma Garu in
the year 1910. He was a leading Advocate of Supreme Court, a Sanskrit Scholor,
a great philosopher of Advaitha while being a master in various academic
disciplines. He along with his five younger brothers migrated to Hyderabad
sometime in 1948-1949 when the Rajakar movement was in full swing.
Not
going into much details of the family history of the great soul, Sri
Venkateswarlu Garu was a staunch devotee of Lord Siva and used to travel
frequently to Srisailam and other Saiva Kshetraas for worship. When once he was
denied to perform Abhishekam in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Srisailam in person by
the priests, he determined to construct the Lord's temple at his home in
Hyderabad for regular worship. He developed the thought of making the temple
open for others also who wish to worship the deity in person irrespective of
cast and creed. The shrine took shape within a month of his determination in
the north eastern corner of his building premises and was consecrated on
23-11-1969, Sunday I.e., Karthika Poornima by one monk namely, H.H.Sri
Chandrasekhara Saraswathy Swamy of Nyaalapogula village, near Jangaon, Warangal
Dist., Telangana who used to visit regularly Sri Venkateswarlu garu.
Ever
since the construction of the holy shrine, there used to be regular poojas, and
Havans every month uninterrupted. His family members used to perform regular
Abhishekam and Pooja as no priests were available at that time. Now and then a
few people from the nearby R.K.Puram used to visit the temple. Hardly, there
were houses in the surroundings other than snakes , cows, buffaloes and other
animals.
Late
Sri Venkateswarlu garu had an ambition to become monk since his middle age
which was fulfilled in the month of March,1976 when he renounced the worldly
attachments by attaining monk hood and thereafter he was designated the uttara
peethadhipathi of Sri Siddeshwari Peetham, Courttalam , Tamil Nadu. He was
named as H.H.Sri Vimalananda Bharathi Swamy-2 by his Guru thereafter. He left
Hyderabad in the year 1984 and attained Siddhi on 25-01-1985 in Vijayawada. His
pious body was immersed in the holy river, Krishna as per his wish.
This
is the history behind the construction of the temple which many are not aware.
Swamiji had a big dwelling house behind the temple which was demolished during
the year 2005 and was given for development by his family members. The
apartments are named VAISHNAVI MEADOWS and the second son and his family
members of the Swamiji are looking after the affairs of the holy shrine while
the first son moved to the city long ago.
The
temple caught many eyes since the year 2000, and became a centre of worship to
innumerable devotees who are blessed by the presiding deity, Lord
Vayulingeshwara. Devotees are fortunate enough to worship the Lord with their
own hands and to their satisfaction. It is purely a divine centre without any
monetary outlook and exclusively meant for the well being of the people who
repose faith in the Lord.
Devotees
voluntarily come forward to serve the Lord with all devotion and contributions
in kind during Mahashivarathri day, since the management does not accept money.The
power of the holy shrine is growing day-by-day as witnessed by many and several
experience the blessings of the Master happily.
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