We saw all Gods and Temples at one place

My Family and I had the good fortune to visit Yadagiri Gutta recently to have darshan of Lord Narasimha. On the way, 3-4 kms before the temple town, there is a place called Surendrapuri. There we stopped by a place called "Kunda Satyanarayana Kaladhamam". It was one of the best decisions we could have taken.

Here you can see statues and replicas of most of the great hindu piligrimage sites from Himalayas to Srilanka and various scenes from the sacred texts. The scaled replica of the main diety and the Vimana of various piligrimage sites are depicted beautifully. Each would be atleast 12-15 feet high. There are desriptive plaques in Telugu and English describing each replica.

Some of the highlights are:
1. There are beautiful large recreations of Vaikuntham, Brahma Loka and Kailasa.

2. The feeling you get when you walk into the Brahma Loka and see and walk between gods and Rishis meditating and praying in front of Brahma and Saraswathi is fantastic.

3. While you walk through the various gates of Vaikuntham, you can also see the various avatars of Maha Vishnu before finally seeing his huge form on the equally large Adi Sesha.

4. There is a huge depiction of the Vishwrupam of Lord SriKrishna as he sings the Bhagawadh Gita to Arjuna.

5. You walk in Ganga and see the great temples on the banks of Ganga. There is a beautiful depiction of the Amarnath shrine as well(Ice Lingam).

6. They also have a long line of statues showing the story of the Ramayana, Bhagavatham, the child hood of Pandavas and Kauravas and Hanuman.

7. There are statues of the dikpalakas along with their consorts and vehicles. I don't think I will ever get a chance to see a statue of Nairuti on his "Sava" Vahana anywhere else.

8. You can also walk through Naga Loka where Vasuki is presiding over his domain.

9. Yama Loka is depicted too clearly :-). It can be very scary for kids.

10. There is a depiction of the famous scene from Manu Charitra where the Matsyavatara pulls the Ark of Manu with the great Sages, Manu and other animals and plants in it.

11. A huge replica of the churning of the ocean by Devas and Asuras with Vasuki as the rope aroung Mandhara mountain with everything that come out during the churning including Airavata, Uchchaisrava, Maha Lakshmi etc.

12. You can walk through the Padma Vyuha and see Abhimanyu being attacked by Duryodhana, Karna and others.

There are many many more scenes from the sacred texts.

There were a couple of minor errors, of course. In such a huge undertaking, it is to be expected. Out of literally hundreds of replicas each containing 2-4 statues at a minimum ( not counting places like Brahma Loka, Yama loka etc which had dozens of statues), a couple of errors are not important.

It is about one and half hours drive from Hyderabad and costs 300 Rupess per person on holidays and 250 Rs on other days. For what we get to see, I think this is cheap. They don't allow cameras and cell phones inside. So, We could not take any pictures. But, it was well worth the time we spent there.

I guess Lord Narasimha was happy with our decision too. When we finally reached the temple, we had darshan in 10 min. Last time we went there, it took us over 2 hours. :-)