Wadapally Agastheswara Swamy Temple

  

Agastheswara Swamy Temple, Wadapally

It was a soul-stirring, astonishing and revelation at this ancient shiva temple on the banks of Krishna river. It was installed by Saint Agasthya who did a very long penance in this region.
The shiv linga is called Agastheswara Swamy and Devi is called Meenakshi. The miracle is that the shiv linga has a depression on the top resembling the hand marks that clutched away a portion of flesh. There is water filling the depression and given as a prasadam. The water remains at the same level throughout the year inside the shivalinga.
Legend says that this shivalinga was present inside deep jungle for thousands of years. A bird that was chased by a hunter sought refuge in this linga which was inside an antihill. The hunter wanted to kill the bird. A voice rose from the anthill asking him to spare the bird. The hunter said that he has to kill the bird for food. The voice told him to take as much as he want from him and spare the bird. Hence, he clutched the anthill with both hands and removed a portion of flesh equal to the weight of the bird. This mark is still visible on the top of agastheswara swamy and the water inside the depression is considered to be Ganga adorning the crown of Shiva.
The temple premises has abundance of energy and everlasting peace. Your heart will ask you stay back and not to leave this amazing temple.
It was a life-time experience and do visit this temple if you get a chance. Om Nama Sivaya.

Agastheswara Swamy Temple, Wadapally

A part of me felt at home in the temple—leaving felt like walking away from something my soul wasn’t ready to let go of.

Feeling a heavy heart and a deep reluctance to leave a temple is a profound emotional and energetic response that can arise for several reasons—spiritual, psychological, and energetic. Here's a breakdown to help you understand this experience:

Deep Inner Connection

Temples are built as consecrated spaces, designed to create a certain energy field that supports inner stillness, clarity, and receptivity. When you're in such a space, your inner self may feel at home—something deeper within you resonates. Leaving that space can feel like a separation from something sacred and peaceful.

Energetic Sensitivity

You may be energetically sensitive, even if not consciously aware of it. Temples—especially ancient or powerfully consecrated ones—hold high vibrational energies. When you're in tune with those, your system may respond with stillness, warmth, or even tears. Leaving can feel like pulling away from an energy your being wants to stay with.

Emotional Cleansing or Unburdening

Being in a spiritual space can trigger emotional release—grief, love, longing, or peace. Sometimes, you feel a heavy heart not because of sadness, but because something has been stirred deeply within. It’s the weight of truth, devotion, or surrender rising to the surface.

Longing for the Divine

In yogic or bhakti traditions, this feeling is called “viraha”—a sweet pain of longing for the divine. Your heart may not want to leave because it touched something that felt true, eternal, or freeing. It’s not always something your mind understands, but your inner being knows it.

What You Can Do

• Honor the feeling — it’s valid and sacred.

• Meditate or sit in silence when you get home to continue the connection.

• Return often if possible. Or create a sacred space at home where that connection can continue.

Become a Buddha - Realize the Buddha within You

Realize the Buddha within You

Gautama was not the only Buddha. There were many before him, many at that time and many more after him. Buddha is not his name. His name was Gautama Siddhartha. He became a Buddha. 

The word "Bu" means buddhi or the intellect. One who is above his intellect is a Buddha. 

 

When he came to the realization that everything he sought was already within him and there was no need to search outside, a surge of energy arose in him—enough to take the next step, and then the one after. He crossed the river and sat beneath the now-renowned Bodhi tree. It was a night illuminated by the full moon. 

With unwavering resolve, he declared: “I will not rise until I see the ultimate nature of my existence. Either realization must dawn, or I will remain seated until death. My eyes shall not open without knowing.”

Once that commitment was made, inner realization became possible in an instant. He saw that enlightenment required no special action. In that moment, he attained complete clarity.

 

The astrologer told him, “You are a monk. You possess nothing.” He replied, “Indeed, I possess nothing, and I am nobody. That is why all things belong to me.”

Becoming "no-thing" does not equate to being useless. In fact, it means you have become boundless. When you define yourself as something, you are confined to that identity. But in becoming no-thing, you gain the freedom to be anything.

 

When people posed similar questions to Gautama, he responded, “How can a spoon taste the soup?” To experience the soup, one needs the sensitivity of a tongue. In life, the moment you impose conditions, you lose your vitality—you become an object, trying to relate to another object, which is always distant from you.

That marked the beginning of Zen: no doctrines, no scriptures, no prescribed paths. You simply sit and wait. When realization comes, it arises on its own.

 

At this moment, what you identify as “yourself” is just a collection of thoughts, emotions, beliefs, opinions, and concepts. If you refuse to let these go, how can anything new enter? Are you merely adorning the old with fresh embellishments? That won’t help—it only complicates things further. Instead, just drop it. And by “drop it,” it’s not the flowers you must let go of. It is the one who brings the flowers—your ego, your identity—that must be dropped. Otherwise, you will only bow before the Buddha, hear his words, and leave unchanged. You will miss what it truly means to be in the presence of an enlightened being.

For a genuine seeker, the attitude should be: if you discover something greater, pursue it without hesitation. This is the power of walking the path of truth.

 

If Gautama could become a Buddha, so can you. A Buddha is one who rises above his intellect. Briefly, you too have known such moments—where you were beyond thought and reason. The key lies in sustaining that state: in cultivating the awareness needed to remain there.Let me know if you’d like a version shortened for print, social media, or a script reading.