History Of The Temple
||Swayambhu Sri Kurma Narayana||
Kurma Narayana, who shines on the hill of Haligera village within the Mandal area of Sri Kurma Kshetra, which is always ringing with the name of Sri Narayana, shining like gold to those who measured it.
Swayambhu Sri Kurma Narayana naturally emerged as the north facing door. Scholars say that Kurma Narayana is the only north facing door in the country. There is no other temple like this in whole India.
They keep saying. It is special here that there are mounds of Napa Naga deities around the temple and a nagamalli tree on the prattitta. Looking at the field from a little distance, Kurma is seen in avatar. Devotees say that the nearly five hundred year old Ravi tree provides shade to the devotees. Before the darshan of Kurma Narayan, he would visit the Lord after visiting his beloved disciple Hanumappa’s grandfather.
Devotees said that Hanuman’s grandfather was the one who told the glories of Narayana to all the people at that time. Temple administrators Naresh said that they are conducting special pujas of Kurma Narayan from this morning on the occasion of special Hajal Jayanthi celebrations. As part of the Jayanti celebrations, milk anointment, sandalwood abhishekam, abhishekam with various river waters, Sri Lakshmi Ashtottara Sahita, Sri Vishnu Sahasranama recitation, Avadhuta Hanuma Puja, special poojas to Ravi and Vriksha of ancient times, Sami and Vriksha Poojas are performed.
"The Story of Kurma Roopa Vishnu Avatar (What is Kurma Avatar)"
In order to benefit the world, Lord Srimannarayana asked the gods and demons to churn the ocean of milk, and they took Manthara Parvata as a shield and Vasuki, the serpent king, and churned the ocean of milk and drowned in the ocean of Mantharagiri. Then Sri Hari took the form of Kurma and wore the mountain on his divine body which was a lakh yojana wide. That is Kurmaavatara. Lord Vishnu appears as Swayambhu Kurmanarayana and has a natural north door, opposite to the north door is an auspicious place where the devotees are blessed with an Aswartha tree.
How to Reach Temple
Those who want to go to this field should first reach ‘Aspari’ mandal center in Adoni thaluka from wherever they come from. After that, one can go to Nallagutta Srikurma Nathaswamy shrine which is about 5 kilometers away from there by autos or own vehicles. Nallagutta Srikurma Kshetra Haligera Village, Aspari Village, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.
Haligera is a Village in Aspari Mandal in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh State, India. It belongs to Rayalaseema region. It is located 89 KM towards west from District head quarters Kurnool. 1 KM from Aspari.
Adoni , Guntakal , Gooty are the near to Haligera.