One related to unimpeaching Madhava Varma the ruler of this area. Palakethu Bhupaludu made two inscriptions in the period 1150-1240 A.D. Hiuan Tsang, a Chinese traveler wrote that he has seen many stone inscriptions in the vicinity of the temple that revealed historic events. Krishna vowed to take back her ornament by raising her level to the hill top by the end of kaliyugaĪdi-Sankaracharya visited the temple and installed the Srichakra and initiated workship of Kanaka Durga in vedic ways. According to another legend, Kanaka Durga borrowed the nose-stud of the Krishna and to avoid returning it jumped up the hill. But the ferocious Krishna made the passage larger than permitted and carried a part of the hill four miles downstream to Yanamalakuduru, where there is now a hillrock called "Thelukonda" or floating hillrock.
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Keeludu obliged and gave a small passage for the river. When Indrakeeladri came in the way of the River Krishna the Gods requested the hill to allow the river to pass through it to join the sea. So this place is also called phalguna theertha. Here it was according to another legend, that Arjuna performed penance and fought with Lord Shiva, who had appeared in the guise of Kiratha to win pasupathastra, the most powerful weapon. As celestial beings like Indra visited the place, the hill came to be called Indrakeeladri. He was worshipped by Lord Brahma with jasmines (Mallelu) whereby he got the name of Malleswara Swamy. Her consort Shiva took his place on an adjacent hillrock as Jyothirlinga. She took the form of Mahisasura Mardini with eight arms holding different weapons, riding on a lion and trampling Mahishasura on the hill of Indrakeeladri. Kanaka Durga asked Keeludu an ardent devotee to take the form of hill to enable Her stay on him. "Kanaka Durga because she was aglow with golden hues, and prayed Her to stay on earth and bless them. It was kausiki to kill Sumbhu and Nisambhu, Mahisasura Mardini to kill Mahishasura and Durga to kill Durgamasura. Goddess Parvathi assumed various forms to kill these demons. Legend has it that the demons acquired great powers by appeasing the Gods and began harassing the sages on the earth. This shows that Shakthi is predominant on the Indrakeeladri. Here Durga is one the right side of Malleswara as against the tradition of Goddesses taking their position on the left of their consorts. Indrakeeladri is unique in that it has been the chosen abode of Kanaka Durga and Her consort Malleswara as Swayambhu (the self-existent one). The small but ancient temple of Kanaka Durga, a top the Indrakeeladri hill on the banks of the Sacred river Krishna in Vijayawada abounds with legends of historical interest.
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The temple of Kanaka Durga the Goddess of power, riches and benevolence and the presiding deity of Vijayawada, is swarmed by lakhs of pilgrims for worship during the "Navarathri" festival which is celebrated with Religious fervour, pomp and festivity.