SIVALAYAM SIVADEVUNI CHIKKALA — Attraction in Andhra Pradesh

Lord Sri Rama on his return from Sri Lanka after killing Ravana wants to perform pooja to Lord Siva at Rameswaram to wash off his sin of killing Ravana. Kula guru of Rama, Maharshi Vasishta fixes a muhurtham for installing the sivalingam. Rama instructs Hanuman to bring a sivalingam from Kasi for this purpose.

Obeying Rama's order, Hanuma reaches Kasi and selects a big beautiful white sivalingam. He keeps the lingam in a chikkam (nest of threads) and starts traveling back to Rameswaram. In his return journey, he stops by at this village to perform his early morning worship to Sun (the so-called sandhyavandanam or suryopasana). He keeps the chikkam in this place and finishes his worship, meditation and arghya tarpana to Sun. When he comes back from pooja and tries to lift the lingam, he realizes that the lingam has been installed in that place, that too at the same muhurtham where Vasishta wanted Rama to install the lingam at Rameswaram. After trying hard to lift the lingam, Hanuman realizes that it is impossible for him to separate it out from earth, so he gets a different lingam from Kasi. Meanwhile, since the muhurtham to install the lingam is approaching, Rama asks Sita to carve out a saikata lingam (lingam made up of sand), installs the same and finishes his worship. As the worship is done by the time Hanuman reaches with a new sivalingam, he himself installs it in Rameswaram.

As the Lord Siva has been installed here along with the chikkam, this village is called...

After defeating Ravana and returning from Sri Lanka, Lord Sri Rama desires to do pooja to Lord Siva at Rameswaram in order to atone for his guilt. Maharshi Vasishta, Rama’s Kula Guru, arranges a muhurtham for the sivalingam’s installation.Rama assigns Hanuman the duty of obtaining a shiva lingam from Kasi for this goal.

Rama instructs Hanuma to go to Kasi, where she selects a shiva lingam that is a huge, magnificent white. He keeps the lingam within a chikkam and returns to Rameswaram (nest of threads). On his way back, he stops in this community to carry out his early-morning Sun worship (the so-called sandhya vandanam or suryopasana). He keeps the chikkam here as he does arghya tarpana and all other forms of Sun worship. After returning after pooja, he tries to hoist the lingam. Still, he finds that it has already been installed there—at the exact muhurtham that Vasishta had requested Rama set the lingam at Rameswaram.

Hanuman asks Kasi for a different lingam since he is aware that, despite his greatest efforts, he will never be able to lift the lingam free of the ground. As the muhurtham to instal the lingam draws near, Rama gives Sita the order to make a saikata lingam (a lingam composed of sand), install it, and finish his worship. The devotion had already been finished when Hanuman arrived with the new Siva lingam at Rameswaram, so he himself set it up.

The Lord Siva and the chikkam were both erected here, giving rise to the name Sivadevuni chikkala for...

This Sivadevuni Chikkala Sivaalayam is located in a small Village called Chikkala, West Godavari, behind This Sivaalayam there is a Temple Lake ( Pushkarini ), an Interesting story I heard about this Temple name and the Village name of CHIKKKALA, This Sivadevuni Chikkala Sivaalayam looks very nice with beautiful bright colours and maintained very well. Everyday performing Pujas, auspicious days and festivals the Special Pujas will be held in this Sivaalayam,...