The main festival of Lord Shiva is Mahasivaratri which is celebrated with religious fervor, pomp and gaiety. The descendants of Sri Raja Jaggaiah of Polavaram continue to be the hereditary trustees of this temple( KOTCHERLAKOTA RAMCHANDRA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO ). In the year 1825-26 Sri Rajah Kotcherlakota Jaggaihgaru donated extensive lands (Approximately 1900 Acres) for performing Nitya Dhoopa, Deepa Naivaijam, Kalyanam and Utsavas for the Deity and also maintenance of the Temple. The Rajgurus purchased the Polavaram Estate comprising 6,400 villages extending from Gutala to Konda-modalu on either side of the river Godavari, twenty miles upstream. The Kotcherlakotas who were the celebrated Rajgurus of the Reddy Rajas purchased a portion of the Reddy kingdom in the year 1814. With the gradual decline of the Reddy dynasty due to disputes with the British Rulers, sold their kingdom in bits. The sub deities are Bhadra Kali, Sri Kanakadurga, Lakshmi-ganapathi, Kumara-swamy, Subramanian-swamy, Mahi-sha-sura-mardhini ,Tandava Vera-bhadra-swamy and Saraswati. This is in accordance with the tradition that Lord Shiva himself took the form of Sri Veera-bhadra-swamy to destroy Daksha. It has sub temples of Parivara Devathas, the Deity is huge Siva linga of Sri Veera-bhadra-swamy. In the first group the main shrine is Sri Veera-bhadra-swamy. On the hillock at Pattiseema there are two groups of temples, one headed by Sri Veera-swara-swamy and the other a Vaishnavite temple a leading shrine of Sri Bhava-narayan-swamy. This hillock north of Pattisema is known as Maha-nandi-swaram, and the one on the south is the celebrated Pattiseema. In the bed of the river Godavari on the hillock at Pattiseema, there are two hillocks lying apart in opposite direction to one and other and separated by a distance of approximately three miles. There are no writings about the early history about this hill temple.ĭuring the three or four centuries following the 12th century there existed a great Shiava Mutt this hillock on which the temple was built and maintained presumably by the kings of the Reddy dynasty of Raja-mahendra-varman, presently known as Rajahmundry twenty miles down stream from Pattiseema. The Linga which self manifested itself, at this point is known as Pattiseema. According to local traditions Sri Veereswara Swamy, after destroying the Yagna being performed by Daksha Prajapati and thereafter slaying him, flung his bloody weapon patta (a metallic sword) into the river Godavari which fell at this point and immediately took the shape of a linga. This is a preamble to the religious significance of this ancient temple. It is very famous for Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple
It is located on the bank of the River Godavari. Pattiseema is a village in Polavaram mandal of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Pattiseema Sri Veereswara Swamy Temple /lord veerabhadra
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