The temple is located at Rapur village which is 75 KM from Nellore. It was a long wait for me as I had only plans to visit this temple, but it’s always said that unless the right time has not arrived, whatever plans done will just not be in your favor. With these saying I would like to share my experience of visiting Penchalakona Sri Lakshmi Narsimha Swamy Temple. It is always said that believe in good things and they will happen. I am also attaching few photographs showing APSRTC bus time table and Temple programs for your reference. However draw back is that their rooms are little over 1 km away from the Temple and in hot summer this can prove to be an ordeal. Its worth spending some time in the meditation hall.They also provide accomodation, slightly better maintained but definitely more neat and airy, at a cost of Rs 600/- per day. They also have their beautiful Ashram built in Penchalakona.
However this water is dispensed thru the shops on the road. Filtered drinking water is available in plenty through a Water Filtration Plant set up by Srimata Vijayeshwari Devi foundation. Also for dinner, you will only get Dosa, Chapathi or Parota in a Reddy Hotel near bus stop. For breakfast and evening snack only bonda's, dosa's and vada's are available near bus stop. Afternoon meals were provided by one family having a hotel shack on the main road. Food options otherwise in this place is very limited. Devasthanam provides Anna Prasadam daily during lunch time. Adi Lakshmi devi Abhishekams are done every Friday and Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Abhishekams are done every Saturday ( Earlier this was done on all days). Kalyanotsavam can be attended by anyone but if you want to participate in the ritual a charge of Rs 1116/- is levied. All the three temples have high energy levels and ideal places for meditation as there is not much disturbances from excessive crowds. Though i ordered bananas to feed them for the next day in advance at the stall, he could not procure them due to winds and rains. I saw lots of cows from nearby villages wandering in and around temple. But they get over by 11AM especially on Sundays and holidays. They do keep some mallepulu and bananas in limited quantities. Coconuts, kumkum and Agarbathi's are sold in a stall adjacent to the Temple. Before going to this Temple, i suggest that you buy Flowers and Fruits from Rapur itself as they are not available in Penchalakona. Visit Hanuman Temple, Adi Lakshmi Devi temple and then Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in that order Temple closes around 12:30 pm and there is no activity till 04:00 pm. First visit Gonupalli Swamy Temple before coming to Penchalakona. When visiting the Temple a pious man has given following advise: 1.
So better carry some bedsheets and air pillows for hygiene sake. They do not give any bedsheets or pillow covers nor seem to change the old ones. Its a spacious One Bed suite but not kept well. Reluctantly the same person told that he has key with him for only one room in ground floor and gave it to me. I immeduately went to office with a request to give their room. When i reached their office near the Temple and asked for accomodation, i was told that there are no rooms and asked me to go to Private Lodge.Then when i walked to the guest house (2 storey bldg) on the right side when going to temple, i saw one family vacating. We stayed at the Devasthanam Guest house.I called them before going, only to be told that there is no advance booking. From Rapur buses go towards Penchalakona every hour from 7:30 AM.
Its takes about 90 min to 120 min to go to Rapur from Nellore. The earlier you reach the better, if you are planning to attend kalyanotsavam at the Temple which starts at 10:30 AM daily. There are buses going from Nellore to Rapur every 30 min starting from 4:30 AM in the morning. Its better to either take a train or Multi Axle Volvo/Benz/Scania Bus upto Nellore. But the bus being a "Super Luxury" bus was not comfortable. I travelled by APSRTC bus from Hyderabad to Rapur thinking that its a direct connection. We were lucky that weather was in our favour due to unexpected Rains in Penchalakona. I have visited Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in May 2016.
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