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| caption = Koulutla Chenna Keshava Swamy
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| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh
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| district = [[Kurnool district|Kurnool]]
| location = [[Kappatralla]], [[Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh]]
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| deity = Sri Koulutla Chenna Keshava Swamy
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'''Koulutla Chenna Kesava Temple''' is located in a reserved forest of Kappatralla, 50 km from district [[Kurnool District]] headquarters. The great [[Vijayanagara King]], Sri [[Krishna Deva Raya]], constructed a temple complex for the deity. Along with Koulutla Chena Kesava Temple there are additional Shiva temples in this shrine.

* Mallikarjuna Swamy, Bramarambika and Vijaya Vinayaka Temple
* Lord Dakshinamurthy Temple
* Lord Viswanatha Temple

== History==
King [[Parikshith]] (the grandson, of [[Arjuna]]) ruled over [[Hastinapura]] after Pandavas retired to Kailasa. One day, Parikshith was thirsty while on a hunting trip to the forest. He found a saint in deep meditation. He asked for water and the Rishi (saint) did not reply. Parikshith got frustrated and played a prank by putting a dead snake around the neck of the Rishi. He was cursed by the Rishi that he would die of a snake bite within a week; he died consequently at the hands of the Naga prince Takshaka.[[File:Koulutla Chenna Kesava Temple front View.jpg|thumb|left|Koulutla Chenna Kesava Temple front view]]

When [[Janamejaya II|Janamejaya]] (the son of Parikshith) became the King, he wanted to avenge the death of his father and performed Sarpa Yaga (serpent penance). Things then took a fateful turn. Astika, who was born of a man and a Naga woman, came to the snake sacrifice and, seeing what was happening, explained to Janamejaya that Takshaka was safe under Indra's protection. Janamejaya was extremely pleased to have gotten this valuable information and granted Astika a wish. Astika asked to stop the snake sacrifice, instead of asking for gold or silver.

Then Saint [[Vasista]] asked Janamejaya to perform consecration (Prathista) of [[Vishnava]] temples to redeem the sins of killing innocent snakes during Sarpa Yaga. Consequently, a Chennakesava idol was consecrated in Koundinya Asrama to perform regular pujas. After many years, the idol was covered by an anthill (putta). In the 11th century A.D., Golla Koulutla observed that his cow was letting her milk flow to the anthill (putta). That night, Lord Chennakesava (Vishnu) appeared in his dream and told him to remove the anthill and re-consecrate his idol. Koulutla dutifully followed the instructions and from then on the deity was known as Koulutla Chennakesava Swamy.

== Photo gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:kesavaPL.jpg|Chenaa Kesava
Image:Vutasava_idol_chennakesava.jpg|Vutsava Idols
</gallery>

== References ==
*[[Kurnool District]]
*[[Vijayanagara King]]
*[[Krishna Deva Raya]]

== Sources ==
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[http://www.kesava.org/ Kesava website]

{{Hindu Temples in Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Kurnool district]]

Koulutla Chenna Kesava Temple - Revision history

->Dl2000 at 01:28, 23 May 2019