Tenali - Hindu Temples

Hindu Temples

There are a good number of famous temples in Tenali town:

• Patha Shivalayam(Ramalingeswara Aalayam).
• Vinayaka Temple (Nandulapet, Gandhi Nagar).
• Ganganamma temple (Ganganamma Pet). A Temple for this deity as village goddess (Grama Devatha) for Tenali.
• Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari temple (Bose Road).
• Vaikuntapuram (also known as Chinna Tirupathi).
• Patha Anjaneyaswami temple.
• Chitti Anjaneyaswami temple.
• Morrispet Shivalayam.
• Saibaba temple.
• Appalaswami temple.
• Devi Gudi in Devi Chowk.
• Donga Ramudu Gudi (Near Market)
• Asta Lakshmi Temple.
• Venugopala Swamy temple (Ithanagar).
• Perantalamma Temple (Ithanagar). A famous ritual called Perantalamma Tirunalla happens here in this temple. This festival happens for 7 days which includes Gummadi Cidi and Meka Cidi on two of the days. Gummadi cidi is a ceremony where the goddess perantalamma takes the chariot made of a tree trunk (Called cidi) with Gummadi Kaya (Ash Gourd) hanged to it. The Chariot goes on the streets of Tenali over night and returns to the temple in the morning. Similarly, Meeka (lamb) Cidi is a ceremony where the goddess takes the chariot with a Lamb tied to it. The lamb will be left free after the ceremony, which will later be treated sacred.
• Vinayaka vigraham (is situated opposite to the V S R & N V R College)