Country India District Chittoor Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Local time Sunday 8:27 AM | State Andhra Pradesh Mandal Gurramkonda Vehicle registration AP | |
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Gurramkonda is a village in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Gurramkonda mandal. Gurramkonda Fort is one of the oldest fort in the district.
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- gurramkonda fort gurram konda fort indian forts andhra pradesh forts ap forts forts you
- Map of Gurram Konda Andhra Pradesh
- Geography
- List of Temples
- References
Map of Gurram Konda, Andhra Pradesh
Geography
Gurramkonda is located at 13.7833°N 78.5833°E / 13.7833; 78.5833. It has an average elevation of 647 metres (2,123 ft). it bn
List of Temples
Siddeswara Kshetram is a cave temple, located in the siddeshwara gutta, Gurramkonda village. The sanctum sanctorum of the temple has Lord Siddeswara along with Parvathi ammavaru and nandi The temple is located on a scenic beauty hilltop and have many surprises for those who wanna explore the surroundings
It has a very long history and the people used to celebrate jathara at the time of shivarathri few decades back, a local school head master named Pemma Siddramulu was very active in bringing all the people together and arranging for the jathara, pooja was conducted everyday during his tenure and the temple had a glorious time during his tenure. After his demise there was no one to take care of the temple and it was forgotten over time.
It was renewed in the year 2013 by Pemma Nageswara Rao Son of Pemma Siddaramulu and three new idols were placed in the temple.