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| native_name = శ్రీ కుక్కుటేశ్వర దేవాలయం<br />
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| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[East Godavari]]<br />
| locale = [[Pithapuram]]<br />
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| deity = Kukkuteswara ([[Shiva]])<br>Rajarajeswari Devi<br>Puruhutika Devi<br />
| festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]], [[Navaratri]]<br />
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'''Kukkuteswara Temple''' is a [[Hindus|Hindu]] temple in [[Pithapuram|Pitapuram]] town of [[East Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The temple is prominent in both [[Shaivism|Saivite]] and [[Shaktism|Shakta]] Hindu traditions. It is one of the eighteen [[Shakti Peetha|Maha Sakthi Peethas]] considered the most significant pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moorthy|first=K. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IUHkAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kukkuteswara+pithapuram&q=Kukkuteswara+pithapuram&hl=en|title=Sarvam Sakti Mayam: A Mini Compendium of 300 Sakti Temples|date=1997|publisher=Message Publications|pages=40|language=en}}</ref> The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Kukkuteswara, a form of Lord Siva as a [[rooster]] and his consort Rajarajeswari Devi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=General|first=India Office of the Registrar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fccAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kukkuteswara+pithapuram&q=Kukkuteswara+pithapuram&hl=en|title=Census of India, 1961: Andhra Pradesh|date=1962|publisher=Manager of Publications|language=en}}</ref><br />
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The temple of Puruhutika Devi, one of the Maha Shakti Peethas is on the premises of Kukkuteswara Temple. Pithapuram is referred to in the [[Skanda Purana]] and in [[Srinatha|Srinatha's]] ''Bheemeswara Puranamu'' and also in [[Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription of Samudra Gupta|Samudragupta's]] Allahabad stone pillar inscription.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rao|first=P. R. Ramachandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HIvrAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=Kukkuteswara+Temple&hl=en|title=The Splendour of Andhra Art|date=2005|publisher=Akshara|pages=82|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Location ==<br />
It is located at a distance of {{cvt|16|km||abbr=}} from [[Kakinada]], {{cvt|65|km||abbr=}} from [[Rajahmundry]] and {{cvt|140|km||abbr=}} for [[Visakhapatnam]].<br />
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== Temple ==<br />
Kukuteswara Swamy is a [[Swayambhu]] with [[Spatika Lingam]]. The temple is also famous for its single-stone [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]] (''Eka Sila Nandi'' in Telugu).<br />
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== Festivals ==<br />
[[Maha Shivaratri|Maha Sivaratri]], [[Navaratri]], and Karthika Masam are the main festivals celebrated at the temple. An annual festival is celebrated at the temple for Kukkuteswara called Maghabahula Ekadasi.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu temples in East Godavari district]]<br />
[[Category:Shiva temples in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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