Old Temple
Chandippa Sri Marakata Shivalinga Someshwara Swamy temple is one of the
ancient temples in India. This temple is located in the Chandippa village
of Shankarpally mandal, Ranga Reddy district in Telangana state.
An inscription found in the temple premises tells us about the history of this
ancient temple.
According to Pandit Shri Deshmukh Hanumanth Reddy,
who translated the script found on the inscription in the temple premises,
the Chandippa Sri Marakata Shivalinga Someshwara Swamy temple was built
during the rule of the greatest
Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI. Vikramaditya VI ruled from 1076 – 1126 AD.
He earned the titles ‘Permadideva’ and ‘Tribhuvanamalla’.
Tribhuvanamalla means ‘the lord of three worlds’. Vikramaditya VI ruled
a vast empire stretching from the Kaveri river in southern India
to the Narmada river in central India. Vikramaditya VI donated
the region of Chandippa to the Brahmins well-versed in the Vedas.
He also made education and food provisions for the students learning
the Vedas.
Vikramaditya VI made the necessary arrangements for the construction of
Someshwara Swamy temple. He allocated over 250 acres of land for the puja,
naivedya, performance of rituals, celebration of festivals like Shivaratri
and other spiritual activities.
It was in the 25th year of the coronation of Vikramaditya VI that the
foundation of this ancient temple was laid. The exact details are a bit
unclear. According to the inscription, it was on October 23rd, 1101 AD,
Thursday (Vishnunama Kartika Shukla Paksha Panchami Thithi Brihaspati
Varam) that the Someshwara Linga was consecrated. Jakkanabbe,
a great Shiva devotee gave the donation while a person related to Maruvojana
and Thammojana undertook the construction of the temple.
Old Temple
Shila Shasanam
This inscription tells us about the greatness and importance of the 11th century Western Chalukya kings. Further, the inscription also tells us about how and who should take care of the 254 acre land belonging to the temple and safeguard and maintain the temple.
Kaala Bhairavudu
Pandits say that it is Kalabhairava Swamy and a divine snake, who are the Kshetra Palaka of the temple, who are protecting this ancient and great temple since from 1000 years. All devotees must visit and pray Kalabhairava swamy before visiting the Someshwara Swamy.
Temple Doner
On Dec-11-2011 Tuesday, Naresh Kumar met another devotee Sri Venkateshwar Rao during Lord Ayyappa Mahapadipuja. Naresh Kumar explained the situation of the Marakata Shivalinga temple to Shri Venkateshwar Rao. A contractor by profession, Shri Venkateshwar Rao came forward to reconstruct the temple. Within a very short time, the temple was reconstructed. With the help from Shri Venkateshwar Rao, Naresh Kumar undertook the reconstruction of the temple. The people of Chandippa also provided some help. In this way the reconstruction of this temple started by the grace of Lord Shiva.
Temple Founder
Naresh Kumar,who is a resident of Shankarpally, went to the Chandippa marakath Shiva temple for five years on every Pournami. As reporter by professionhe once wrote an article titled ‘Dhupa Deepa Naivadyalaku Noochukoni Chandippa Marakata Shivalingam’ in the Andhra Bhoomi newspaper. With this, he brought the temple into limelight. Some devotees who read this article visited Chandippa from Hyderabad. Under the supervision of Shri Sambashiva Murty, Maharudraabhishekam was performed to wake up Lord Shiva from the Yoganidra.