The people who visit this Jyotirlinga are emancipated from all their sins and fulfill all their desires. It is for the welfare and well being of one and all.
Another legend says Once, a princess named Chandravati decided to go to the Jungles to do penance and meditation. She chose Kadali Vana for this purpose. One day, she witnessed a miracle. A Kapila cow was standing under a Bilwa tree and milk was flowing from all of its four udders, sinking into the ground. The cow kept doing this as a routine chore everyday. Chandravati dug up that area and was dumb founded at what she saw. There was a self-raising Swayambhu Shivlinga.
It was bright and shining like the sun rays, and looked like it was burning, throwing flames in all directions. Chandravati prayed to Shiva in this Jyotirlinga. She built a huge Shiva Temple there. Lord Shiva was very pleased with her.
Chandravati went to Kailash wind borne. She received salvation and Mukti. All these decorations are clearly of Vijayanagara period. The central portion of the ceiling has the figure of Nandiswara murthi Siva and Parvathi riding on the bull surrounded by Dikpalakas on their respective Vahanas.
The sculpting of Dikpalas on the ceiling is a rare feature. This important structure is situated immediately to the west of the Nandimandapa, built by the Reddi King Anavema Reddi in the year AD. According to an inscription, this mandapa was constructed for the purpose of offering of their own heads, hands and tongue to the God by the Veerasaivas and this unique practice was named as Veeracharam.
At present this open mandapa has 16 pillars and the low Adhistana is a simple structure. The central space of the mandapa is slightly raised and contain a circle in a square. The lower part of the stone ceiling has double shatkona in which a lotus set was carved. The inscription which relates the construction of this mandapa states that it was 38 pillared structure with a spacious central hall possessing arched thorana and flanked by dwarapalaka image. The inscription also describes the ceiling as a decorated one with lotus medallions.
Unfortunately, these architectural elements are disfigured including the number of pillars and the structure is totally altered. The temple of God Mallikarjuna is situated in the centre of inner courtyard and faces to the east. This temple consists of Mukhamandapa, Antarala and Garbhagriha. The Mukhamandapa is situated to the west of the Veerasiromandapa. It is an elaborated closed hall consisting of 16 pillars.
There are three entrance gates with pillared porches on the east, south and north. All are these have decorated doorways and covered by the silver ornamented sheets at present. The Mandpa is extended The base of this mandapa is a plain structure and the exterior walls above it is decorated with Devakosthas.
These Kosthas are narrow and are not having any images. There are also latticed windows on either side of the porches. The interior of the mandapa has four rows of four pillars each. The central pillars are standing on a square which is slightly elevated.
The lower part of the ceiling is divided into compartments and a big lotus was carved in the central one. At the south — west of this mandapa there is four handed seated Vinayaka made of fine red stone and named as Ratnagarbha Ganapathi. Where as in the north — west, forty handed Veerabhadra holded with various weapons and four handed Bhadrakali are placed, both of these are made with black stone and are in standing posture. This Veerabhadra is called as Sudarshana Veerabhadra.
At the east of this mandapa there is a Nandi of black stone faces to the self-emanated Jyothirlinga of Mallikarjuna. Unlike the Mukhamandapa, the antharala is simple and plain structure. Even though the mukamandapa and antharala are not separated by any specific entrance, it contains a two pillared entrance like structure. The front portion of the pillars are decorated with a silver covering having dwarapalakas on either side and several forms of Siva such as Chandrasekaramurthy, Arthanareeswaramurthy, Gangadaramurthy, Lingodpowermurthy, Somaskandamurthy, Nandikeswaramurthy and Nataraja one above the other.
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