Sri Karakachettu Polamamba Temple — Attraction in Andhra Pradesh

Sri polamamba temple is a famous devotional place. Every year in the month of April celebrate Jathara.. VISAKHAPATNAM: The idol of Karakachettu Polamamba, which is considered to be the reigning deity of Waltair, was apparently netted by a group of fisherfolk some 400 years ago and was offered a Karaka Chettu (sage-leaved Gall Nut tree) as shelter. However, the trusteeship of the idol was later handed over to the Maddi family of the Reddika community in Pedawaltair, who installed the main idol and members of the other communities came together to build a temple for the Mother Goddess a few hundred years ago. Ever since, the Reddikas have been the trustees of the temple.

According to folklore, the Maddi family was handed over the responsibility of taking care of the Goddess after she appeared in the dreams of the elders among the fisherfolk. Since then, the Goddess has been worshipped by members of various communities in a democratic manner.

According to M Prasada Reddy a member of the Maddi family, "The Mother Goddess is taken all over Waltair Town for 12 days in chariots offered to the deity by various communities. All the community members are treated as equals and are allowed to participate in the fest."

Most importantly, the temple is also a curious mix of Vedic and non-Vedic practices. While the Brahmin priests perform pujas, the members of certain other communities continue with their age-old practices of performing animal sacrifices, though it is not done within the temple premises.

"The temple is a perfect blend of traditional Vedic and non-Vedic cultures. However, one can safely say that the idol of the Mother Goddess dates back to the Chalukya-Chola period, with the sculptural features clearly indicating that the idol could have belonged to a temple dating back to the 12th century AD," history buff BS...

The Gosala in the Temple premises has 1 Big Brown Cow, 1 Small White Cow which born to her and 1 Big White Cow, 1 Brown colour Oxe and a 6 months baby female calf which born to her and all these 5 innocent creatures are very very affectionate, highly amicable, they liked and loved me like anything and me too in case of them and I am treating them more than a newly born baby as all these 5 family members are very very cute and they won't leave me and I won't leave them as we had that much of very very pure strong bond, friendship and relationships from 2016.After visiting the temple, I will immediately go to the గోశాల to do my service to them by offering Vegetables, Green grass, Protein food, water etc.They are in my heart forever and I will always bothering about their where abouts as well as for their food, health, facilities...

Polamamba temple, you can park your bike and car inside and leaves your shoes inside the stand charge 10 rs, e hundi is available with UBI which is one of its kind, and can donate to SBI account for annnadan through UPI app, prassadam Pulihora 10 rs and laddu 15s ..you can buy online tickets for all types of pooja , it is adjacent to kalyana mandapam very spacious ,peaceful environment, must visit with...