Sri Raja Rajeswari Vaibhavam

The great sages led by Saunaka, afraid of the evils of Kali Yuga, prayed to Brahma. Brahma created a beautiful wheel and told them to follow it. The place where it stopped would be so sacred that Kali could never enter, and they could live there peacefully until Satya Yuga returned.

The sages followed the wheel. It stopped in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, about 94 km from Lucknow, where its rim (nemi) fell. That is why the place is called Naimisharanya, a most sacred land.

The journey to Kalla

In the same way, Sri Palli Venkatacharyulu, after training under his guru, was sent off with two rupees and told to travel as far as the money would take him. He reached Kalla village in West Godavari district.

Kalla in distress

At that time the people of Kalla suffered and died from diseases such as cholera and smallpox. Just as Shirdi Sai Baba is said to have kept cholera out of a village by having wheat ground and the flour sprinkled around it, Sri Palli Venkatacharyulu brought his guru, Bhagavan Sri Narasimhacharyulu. Together they performed yagnas for three days and installed yantras. Since then the village has been prosperous.

The Ashramam is founded

With his guru he then founded Sri Sivatmananda Ashramam in Kalla and, by the power of his tapas, installed Ammavaru with a Sri Chakra Yantra. Devotees from the surrounding villages felt Her Shakti, and by the grace of Sri Raja Rajeswari Devi their wishes are fulfilled.

A Shakti Peetham

Just as the place where Sri Ramana Maharshi did tapas became a living sacred place, this Ashramam has become famous as a Shakti Peetham, a boon-giving place in Kali Yuga.

Worship at the Ashramam

As protector of this Shakti Kshetram, Sri Kalabhairava is worshipped with the Navagrahas to remove janma jataka doshas, and a Dasamahavidya Shakti Homam is held for Ammavaru every Friday.

Devotees themselves perform abhishekam with honey and native-cow milk to the rare Marakata Bana Lingam, the powerful Sri Chakra Maha Meru and the 358 crystal Sri Chakra Merus, and offer Sri Lalita Sahasranama Kumkumarchana.

If you wish to have a pooja, yagnam or abhishekam done on your birthday, on an important day, or for graha dosha remedies as per your horoscope, please contact the Ashramam.

Blessings for your problems

Is marriage delayed? Are you in financial trouble however much you earn? Do you face problems with children, education, jobs, business or health, or janma jataka and navagraha doshas, so that something is always missing in life despite every effort?

At such times, seek the grace of Sri Raja Rajeswari Devi. Your resolve will be fulfilled and all your efforts will succeed.

Tell Ammavaru your problem, tie your offering in a red cloth, and chant Her moola mantra 11 times every morning before 6:30 AM and 11 times at night before sleeping, for 16 days. It is believed that any wish will be fulfilled.