స్వయంభూ శ్రీ పాతాళ వినాయక స్వామి

Swayambu sri Pathala Vinayaka Swamy temple is one of the famous temple in Chittor district and also called as Vakra Vinayaka Temple. It was found in 1997, constructed the temple in 2000 and expanded further in 2012 by Pandiguttor youth with the help of devotees from different locations in the world.

According to the temple legend, in 1997 a Folk dance master has come to Gopalakrishna Puram (A village near to Pandiguttor and Formerly known as Chettoluru) to teach and perform the Folk dance for the occasion of Vinayaka Chavathi. One night he got a dream, in his dream Lord Vinayaka told him that he is located under the ground near to Thamara Gunta (Lotus Lake). As soon as the villagers received this information, they started searching for the swayambhu idol location based on the dream and finally they found the swayambhu idol in a natural pond and even today the idol is in the original natural pond.

Thamara Gunta (Lotus Lake): It is a place near to Pandiguttoor village, Irala mandal of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh in South India. A natural lake on top of the rocks with plenty of lotus (1000 petal lotus are in this pond). Next to this lake you can find a historical Vishnu (Perumal) temple and pillar and foot print of lord Venkateshwara. Source says pillar and the temple are constructed by Pallavas between the 2nd and 9th centuries CE. The holy water from the lake is offered to the devotees as theertham.