This place which is one of the Trigaya Kshetras has become famous as Padagaya. The great poet “Srinadha” wrote in Bheemeswara Purana that the four places that give Salvation or Moksha are Varanasi(Banaras), Kedaram, Kumbhakonam and Pithapuram. So, It has become the main Avatara Kshetram of Dattatreya. Sripada Sri Vallaba was born as Dattatreya Swamy in this place. In these places Goddess in the form Shakthi. The above three kshetras are known as Trigaya Kshethras of Thrimurthy Swaroopas. So it is known as Nabhigaya, in Nabhigaya Lord Brahma’s temple and Girija Devi’s Shakthi Peeta also there. Gayasur’s waist part (Nabhi) reached to Jajhipur in Odissa. Gayasura’s head reached Bihar and it is popularly known as `Sirogaya’ in Sirogaya Lord Vishnu temple is situated and one of the Shakthi Pitha that is Mangala Gowri Devi. Here Lord Dattatreya having their forms and is situated here as Swayambhu. Hence Lord Shiva is called Sri Kukkuteswara Swamy. Here Lord Shiva is in the linga form of Swayambhu Linga.
If we visit this place even one time then we get pithru mukthikara (means our ancestors get mukthi), Sarva papahara, Sarvabhista siddiprada and Sarvadhukhahara. The place where his legs rested was a pond, and the pond is known as Padagaya. This place is known as Padagaya because lord Brahma, Sri Vishnu and Maheswara (trimurthulu) Killed Gayasura and his legs reached Pithapuram. Sri puruhuthika Ammavaru, Sri Raja Rajeswari Devi (Sati Devi), Sri Kukkuteswara swamy and Sri Dattatreya Swamy are presiding deities. Pithapuram Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple or Padagaya is one of the sacred and holy Punya Kshetram of Hindus located in Pithapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.
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