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| Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple Anakapalle |
Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple of
Anakapalle is a locally very famous Hilltop temple in the surroundings of
Anakapalle town of Visakhapatnam city. It is blessed with beautiful sceneries
from the temple. A devotee can see the completely Anakapalle beautiful area
from this temple. It is considered to be the branch of Annavaram Satyanarayana
temple.
This temple is situated over the
top of the hill. So all the devotees and visitors have to climb all the steps
on foot. Temple's way steps are very quiet steep and very tiresome. There is
another way also for the motor vehicles but only for two-wheelers. This road is
also not good and needs to be maintained.
Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple of
Anakapallle has considered very sacred and famous so many functions or
marriages of local peoples take place inside the temple. Of course, as the
temple is very remote and difficult for everyone to climb over the hill to
reach the temple so the visitors on regular days would be very few.
On weekends, holidays, and
Sundays, there would be more visitors than on normal days. There would be only
one priest that would be busy in the temple regular activities and worship of
God Swaminarayan.
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| Anakapalle Town View from Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple |
This temple gives amazing views
of Anakapalle town on all the sides, of the Big Hills nearby, AMAL colleges, Sharda
River, railway line of trains, and other surroundings. If you wait some time
you can see the best part of here is to watch the Trains moving like Kids Toys.
Watching sunrise and sunset from here are extraordinary moments. You will
forget other things during these mesmerizing scenes.
This is a very peaceful place so
if you are looking to relax some time you can go there. Because the place is
very less visited by locals regularly, it's used by drunkards and teenagers/
couples for illicit activities.
Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Timings
Temple opens daily but at a fixed
time schedule. Visitors can visit only the main temple which is open for a
limited time and all other small temples are closed or in ruined condition. Temple
priest does not live permanently here, he also come for a limited time and
moved to the home.
Everyday temple priest comes here
in the morning at 09:00 am and opens the temple and do daily rituals or worship
activities and moves to home after closing the temple at 12:00 pm in the
afternoon. Again temple priest comes at 15:00 pm and moves at 16:00 pm. So the temple is only open for four hours a day and the remaining time it closed.
Visiting Time Duration
Temple is not so big but the location
is good so it will depend on you how much time you want to spend here. Temple
is open for a limited time and entering inside the main temple is also not allowed
so there is nothing to do anything here. You have to just go there and visit
the temple between 09:00 am to 12:00 pm afternoons.
Best Time to Visit
The best time to visit Sri
Satyanarayana Swamy temple of Anakapalle is only in the early morning during the
winter season. Visakhapatnam is a coastal hot place. So trekking or going to
hills top during summer must be avoidable. Going to early morning nearly around
08:00 am to 09:00 am would be good at the temple and you can spend some time at the temple campus.
Facilities
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| Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple Main Building |
Temple has no facilities as
required at the temple. Temple stairs are broken, the maximum part of the temple looks like ruins and no one lives there. No shops, no sitting place, etc. Temple
needs to be maintained by the local government or temple committee members.
How to Reach
Temple is just one kilometer far
away from the Kanaka Durga temple of Anakapalle. To reach this temple you
have just gone straight from the Kanaka Durga temple road. This temple is around
4 km far from the Anakapalle bus stand and from 5km from the Anakapalle railway
station. There is no direct transport is available for the temple so you have
to come here in your own vehicle. This temple way started after the bridge on the Sharda River.
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TouristBug’s Recommendations
It is purely a local famous temple
which is situated town out location on the hill. So if you are there then you
can visit this temple and enjoy some peaceful time from the city's busy life.
It is best to see the beauty of
Anakapalle town and the sunrise or sunset from here.
Nearby Places to Visit
A very famous Goddess Durga temple named Kanak Durga Temple is on the way to the temple so visiting this temple is also very useful to get blessed by Goddess Durga. Places to visit in the Anakapalle area are Sri Nookambika Ammavari Temple and Kanak Durga Temple both are Goddess Durga temples.