Information of Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple, Mahbubnagar, Telangana

Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple is located in the village named Bekkam, in the district of Mahbubnagar, in the state of Telangana, in South India. It is totally at the outskirt of this district. The primary deity of this shrine is Lord Shiva. According to the local legends, the name word Bekku means "cat" in the language of Kannada. It is largely considered as the ancient seat of Lord Shiva. It is to be highly noted that there is a group of five Sivaalayas known as Siddheswara, Kapileswara, Someswara, Malleswara and Kaleswara just within 15 km of each other in this particular region. The "sthalapurana" cites that this particular village was popularly called Narasingarayapalli in the olden days. It is one of the most sought after and most frequented temple by the local people and pilgrims of this region.

Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple Religious Significance

During the ancient time, a cowherd witnessed a cow directly go into the palm grove plus empty its udder just over an anthill. Suddenly and strangely a cat of huge size lying hidden in the anthill immediately came and wholeheartedly drank the entire quantity given. Then the villagers deely dug out the anthill and to their surprise found a black colored Shvalinga. They in a successful manner built a small temle and installed the linga calling it affectionately as Bekkeswara. As per the local people, the lord is mentioned to have wholeheartedly showered boons to its worshipers with dedication and commitment. Later some years after "bhaktas" brought two huge sized Shiva-lingas from the town of Varnasi and installed them in the same temple compound, but in separate temples. They were known as Moksheswara and Sakaheswara.

Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple Architectural Significance

Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple is purely based on South Indian Hindu temple architecture style and pattern. The shrine's premise is quite moderate when compared to other ancient and medieval temple of this district. It is a medieval temple of this particular region which was rightly patronage by the local people and local rulers because of the religious significance period. With a lot of perfection, the courtyard of this temple is largely apt for conducting various types of religious functions and activities. The main sanctum is on the raised platform where the statues of the main idols are perfectly installed in a religious manner. In all angles and certain aspects, the pillars and walls of this shrine largely resembles like an ancient Hindu temple. The shrine premises looks like a fortified shrine. The Raja Gopuram is very moderate in height with images of Hindu minor Gods and Goddess carved in it. These different types of images largely speak a volume of religious tales related to this Lords and its related significance.

Festivals at Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple

Bekkeswara Aalayam Temple is popularly known for its grand and religious manner celebration of Shivarathri. It is the hot spot for all auspicious and festive days related to Lord Shiva. At this shrine most of the special poojas, homams, yagnas and other religious functions and activities are performed as per the Vedic rules and regulations. Most of the Hindu major and minor festivals are celebrated in an effective method with special poojas and homams. The annual festival is conducted at this shrine during the harvest season. The local women folks indulge in bhajans and reciting Kirthanas in the evening hours in the temple's courtyard with good attendance of local people. This shrine is largely respected by the people in the surrounding villages and rest of the district and state with a lot of perfection.