Pithapuram - Ancient Shiva Temple, Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha, Pada Gaya, Sri Pada Sri Vallabha birthplace and Pancha Madhava Kshetra

► Pithapuram (Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha) (Pancha Madhava Kshetra)
(Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh)

▬ River Yeleru flows
(Andhra Pradesh Coastal Plain)

(Vayu Purana) (About Gaya)

• Shiva: Lord Shiva abides in Pithapuram as Sri Kukkuteswara Swamy (Kukkuta means cock or rooster).
- Pithapuram Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple

• Devi: Devi abides in Pithapuram (a Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha) as Devi Puruhutika. Pithapuram Shiva Temple also has the shrine of Devi Rajarajeswari near the Shiva shrine.
- Pithapuram Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple - Devi Puruhutika shrine
- Pithapuram Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple - Devi Rajrajeshwari shrine

• Vishnu: According to puranic tradition, the body of Gayasura on which Lord Vishnu stood extended from Siro Gaya in Bihar (Head) to Nabhi Gaya in Jajpur (Navel) to Pada Gaya in Pithapuram (Feet). Pithapuram is also a Pancha Madhava Kshetra where Lord Vishnu abides as Kunti Madhava.
- Pithapuram Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple - Pada Gaya
- Pithapuram Kunti Madhava Temple

• Dattatreya: Sri Pada Sri Vallabha (first incarnation of Lord Dattatreya) is said to have incarnated in Pithapuram.
- Pithapuram Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple - Sri Pada Sri Vallabha shrine


(Vayu Purana) (About Gaya)