Jambavathi, Sathyabhama sametha Sri Krishna temple is in
MANNARU POLURU, in nellore
district. It is 3kms from Sullurpeta. You can find about this temple in
BRAHMANDA PURANA. This is the place where Lord Sri Krishna fought with Jambavantha
for Samanthakamani, So it got the name “Malla Hari Poru Vuru”(means place where
Lord Hari did malla yudham, atype of fight). As time passed by name got changed
as Mannarpoluru. This is the only temple in India
dedicated to Jambavthi, Sathyabhama and Krishna.
As we all know Satrajit got Samanthakamani from Surya Bhagavan god. It
gives 8 bara’s gold daily. Lord Sri Krishna asked Satrajit to give this mani to
him to serve the people, but Satrajit refused. After some days Satrajit’s
brother Prasanajit wore that mani as a locket of his chain and went into the
forest for hunting. While hunting he was attacked by a lion. It killed him and
fled with the Samanthakamani. Later it was killed by Jambavantha and he took
the mani and gave it to his daughter Jambavathi. The disappearance of Prasanajit
became public and Lord Krishna was blamed for it.
In order to prove his
innocence, he went in to the forest to the place where Prasanajit dead body was
found. There he found the foot steps of a lion he followed them and there he
saw the body of a lion and foot steps of Jambavantha, followed them and reached
a cave. In the cave he found a girl playing with the Samanthakamani. There he
was obstructed by Jambavantha and they were engaged in a furious fight for
28days, Jambavantha gradually became weak and realises that Lord Krishna is
none other than Lord Rama and asks Lord Krishna to forgive him and asked him to
marry his daughter Jambavathi. This fight took place in MANNAR POLLURU.
ABOUT TEMPLE
This temple is built by Chola king in 10th
century. This temple is in glory at the time of King Manuma Siddhi, who ruled Nellore in 13th century. In
18th century Venkatagiri raja gave 5 villages as Manyam(gift) to the temple.
In this temple we can find 9 feet big Garuda statue, 9.5
feet Jambavantha statue, statues of Sugriva and Jatayuvu are also found here.
We can find Lord Rama temple also here in the compound. It has separate Dwajasthaba
and separate Balipeetam.
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