Kanipakam Temple
Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple is situated in Kanipakam, Chi oor, Andhra Pradesh. This temple’s chief deity
is Lord Ganesha. The K
anipakam Temple exact loca on is 11kms away from Chi oor and situated in
Irana Mandala. The temple was established in the beginning of 11 th Century by Koluthunga Chola I
during the Vijayanagara Dynasty.Along the banks of Bahuda River there is lies a small hamlet called
Kanipakam. There is a meaning for the word ‘ K
anipakam ’. The word ‘kani’ means marshy wetland and
‘Pakam’ means the flow of the river’s water into the wetland.
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KANIPAKAM TEMPLE HISTORY
As per the folklore and legends, there lived three brothers who had one disability each. One of them was
blind another one was dumb and the last one was deaf. Although with this disabili es they lived a happy
life and lead their livelihood by cul va ng in small piece of land. During the me of old, people either
use to draw water from the well or the river. When one of them irrigated the other worked on the well
and water the lands. One day while one of the brothers started to irrigate they soon found out that the
well, from which they used to draw water has dried up and the water levels has dropped down. So one
of them stepped in and started digging the base of the well in hope that they will be able to hit the
underground water line. As they he was digging one day the iron p of the spade came in contact with
something hard more like a stone structure. Upon closer inspec on the brother found out that
something red like substance which looked and felt like blood was oozing out of the stone. Suddenly,
within minutes the base of the well was red with ‘Blood’. Looking at this miraculous deed happening all
the three brothers who watched this miracle happening, suddenly got rid of their deformi es. Word
spread around like wild fire about the miraculous stone found at the bo om of the well and the way it
healed the three brothers. People from all over the village came rushing to the site and when they saw
the idol like stone for themselves, they sacrificed thousands of coconut as a tribute to the idol. All the
water from the coconuts sacrificed then started to flow for quite a distance. Thus the name K
anipakam
Temple.
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