The Tanapalli Subramanya Swamy Temple, also known as Sree Balagnana Dhandayudhapaani Swamy Temple, has a relatively recent history. It is situated on a hill named Sri Padmagiri, which is shaped like a lotus, in the village of Tanapalli near Tirupati.
According to temple legends, the temple's founder, Sri Ganapathi Swamy, had a dream of Lord Subramanyam Swamy on the hill when he was 15 years old. He then went to the hill and, after hearing the Subramanya Swamy mantra from a small cave, performed intense penance for several years. He received the blessings of Lord Subramanya Swamy, named the hill Sree Padmagiri, and established Guhaanandhapeetam. He initially worshipped the Lord in the form of a yantra.
In 1979, Sri Ganapathi Swamy used his own funds to consecrate and install the idol of Sri Balagnana Dhandayudhapaani Swamy, which is a unique representation of Subramanya Swamy in his Brahmachari (celibate) form. The idol is also said to stand on a shatkona yantra peetam (a six-pointed star). This makes it the only temple in Andhra Pradesh with this specific form of the deity.
Since its establishment, the temple's rituals and management have been overseen by the hereditary lineage of Sri Ganapathi Swamy. In 2006, he passed on the sacred mantra and the responsibility of the yantra to his son, Sri Shanmugha Swamy.
Source: The history of the Tanapalli Subramanya Swamy Temple is primarily based on temple legends and narratives found on various online platforms, including temple-related websites and local information portals.
A key source of information is the temple's own description on websites such as "Our Temples," which details the story of its founder, Sri Ganapathi Swamy, and the circumstances of the temple's establishment. These sources provide the founding year (1979) and describe the unique form of the deity.
It's important to note that the history is rooted in the devotional accounts and experiences of the temple's founder and subsequent generations, and not from a documented historical or archaeological record in the same way as ancient temples might have.
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