Ellanth Kunta
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Ellanth Kunta (एल्लंथ कुंटा) is an ancient religious place in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
Origin
Variants
- Ellanthkunta (एल्लंथ कुंटा) (जिला करीमनगर, आ.प्र.) (AS, p.114)
- Ellanthakunta (एल्लंथ कुंटा)
History
Karimnagar is a little obscure, though there are traces which represent a people lost to history but who may have flourished over 2,500 years ago. At Ellanthakunta local tradition associates the temples of Sri Rama with Sri Ramchandra’s visit to the place while in exile in the Dandakaranya. Where history fails, surely tradition must take its place. Hewitt’s references to Telingana in his Ruling Races of Prehistoric times seem to indicate that this part of the south was by no means unimportant in the ancient world. [1]
The temples of Kaleswar and Dharmapuri on the banks of the Godavari and those at Vemalwada and Ellanthakunta attract large numbers of pilgrims during the annual [p.74]: jatras. At Kaleswar is one of the Siva temples that mark the extremity of the Trilinga or Telugu country in the north.[2]
एल्लंथ कुंटा
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है ... एल्लंथ कुंटा (AS, p.114) आंध्र प्रदेश के करीमनगर का स्थान था। एल्लंथ कुंटा पर श्री रामचंद्रजी के कई प्राचीन मंदिर हैं जो किंवदंती के अनुसार उनके दंडकारण्य के निवास काल के स्मारक हैं।