Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Temple, Visakhapatnam

📖About Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Temple, Visakhapatnam

Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Temple, Visakhapatnam (also called Burujupeta Ammavaru) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lakshmi in Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh (530001). It is usually open for darshan from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM. 3 puja or sevas are listed here, such as Panchamruta Abhishekam, Margasira Lakshmivara Vratham, Varalakshmi Vratham. Other temples nearby include Sri Sampath Vinayagar Temple, Visakhapatnam (3.2 km), Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Simhachalam (8.8 km) and Ramatheertham Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy Temple, Vizianagaram (56 km).

Roofless temple of Kanaka Mahalakshmi, the guardian goddess of Visakhapatnam, in the old town at Burujupeta, where devotees may worship the idol themselves.

📜History

The goddess is believed to be self-manifested and is said to have been the family deity of the former Rajas of Visakhapatnam, whose fort stood at Burujupeta. According to the account given by the district administration, the idol was taken out of a well in 1912 and placed in the middle of the road; when it was later moved, a plague outbreak followed, and residents returned it to the middle of the road. No authenticated sthala purana is documented.