॥ JAI ANKALAMMA ॥
శ్రీ అంకాలమ్మ దేవస్థానం
YERRAGUNTLA, ANDHRA PRADESH
Divine Mother. Eternal Protection. Infinite Grace.
Sri Ankalamma is the Gramadevata of Yerraguntla, the Mother who guards the village. Many devotees worship her as a form of Parvati Devi.
The village honours Ankalamma as its protecting Mother and guardian.
Come with devotion and receive her grace.
The Mother always watches over her children.
She answers prayers and removes obstacles.
॥ Śrī Mātre Namaḥ ॥
The guardian goddess of YerraguntlaSACRED VERSE OF THE DAY
రోగానశేషానపహంసి తుష్టా రుష్టా తు కామాన్ సకలానభీష్టాన్ ।
త్వామాశ్రితానాం న విపన్నరాణాం త్వామాశ్రితా హ్యాశ్రయతాం ప్రయాంతి ॥rogān aśeṣān apahaṃsi tuṣṭā ruṣṭā tu kāmān sakalān abhīṣṭān | tvām āśritānāṃ na vipan narāṇāṃ tvām āśritā hy āśrayatāṃ prayānti ||
Pleased, you remove every illness; displeased, you undo every cherished desire. Those who take refuge in you meet no calamity, and themselves become a refuge for others.
Durgā Saptaśatī 11.29THE SACRED HOME OF THE MOTHER
Sri Ankalamma is the guardian at the heart of Yerraguntla. From the quiet lamp in the sanctum to the joy of festival days, this site is being built with the village, so the temple's memory is kept for the generations to come.
TEMPLE HISTORY
Every account is kept with reverence and named for what it is.
Inscriptions, dated records and photographs will be shown here once they are verified.
What elders and families remember, kept in their own words and under their names.
Sacred accounts, offered with respect as living belief and never presented as proven history.
LIGHT A DEEPAM
Light a deepam before Ammavaru, and say your prayer in your heart.
Dates are shown only after the temple's custodians confirm them.
Names and details are being gathered with the village.
This calendar will grow year by year.
A REVERENT PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD
Photographs of the Devi, her temple, and the people who gather before her.