Wargal Saraswati Temple

Wargal Saraswati Temple or Sri Vidya Saraswati Temple, is a Hindu temple located in Medak district in Telangana, India. The deity of education in Hinduism is Goddess Saraswati. It is among the few temples of Saraswati in Telangana. It is maintained by the Kanchi Shanker Mutt. Construction of the temple complex was due to the efforts of Yayavaram Chandrashekhara Sharma, a scholar and adherent of Goddess Saraswati.

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The temple is around 48 kilometers from Hyderabad in the Vargal village. Wargal has famous Sri Vidya Saraswathi temple which is situated or the pictorial background in which has a unique rock formation and a valley around this hill. Here there is one temple was dedicated to lord Shani seperately with a big statue measuring around 3 feet in high which is one of the biggest statue of the lord sheni in Telangana.

The hillock of Wargal has multiple temples on the same hill.

1. Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Temple
2. Sri Vidya Saraswati temple
3. Lord Shanishwara Temple
4. Lord Shiva Temple
5. Few Vishnava Temples now completely damaged without any moola vigrahas in it.

This temple complex was a brain child of Sri Yamavaram Chandrashekhara Sharma scholared follower of goddesses Saraswathi astrologer and a vastu experter. Being a business man he has multi faceted activities to his credit. In 1998 the building process for the above temple was activated under the group who called themselves as Satya patam seva samethi. This committee has started searching for a convenient place to built a temple.

Ultimately they selected the hillock of Vergal were 400 years old Shambu Deva Temple was situated. This temple is 2 feet below the ground level and one has to pass crawling of the ground for few feets to reach the main Shiva lingam. Sorrounding this temple were two ancient Vaishnaya Temples which were built during or before the Kakatiya rulers. There is a big Victory Pillar made of rock which is around 30 feet in height. The Vicotry Pillar has the statues of SitaRama Lakshmana, Goddesses Lakshmi and entwined couple of snakes.

On Vasantha Panchami of 1989 the Bhoomi pooja was performed and the foundation stone was laid for the temple of Sri Saraswathi Devi. It should be noted on this day they had only Rs. 2700 only.When they started propagating about the process of building Saraswathi Temple of donations poured in as a flood. In this way the construction process continued without any hindrance with the help of Lord Saraswathi.

On 1992 Magashudda Trayodashi Pushpagiri petadipate Sri Sri Sri Vidya Nrusinha Bharati Swamy has laid the foundation to the statues of Goddesses Sri Vidya Saraswathi Devi and Lord Shani statues in a temple. This temple was later dedicated to Kanchi Petam and a Vedic Patashala was started in 1999 by Sri Shankara Vijaya Saraswathi of Kanchi Petam and Lakshmi Ganapathi was inaugarated in 2001. The Expenditure crossed 1 crore of the rupees for building this temple. The temple has 13 and half acres of land on the east side were a park, library, hospital were planned in their future expansion.

The temple is located on a hill near Wargal village in Telangana. The main goddess is Saraswati and it is also one of the few Sarawati temples in the state. It is one of the other temples located on the same hill. Most people visit the temple for the beautiful darshan of Goddess Sarawati and pray for good knowledge and education. The most auspicious day for Sarawati is during the Navaratri mula nakshatram, during which people from different parts of the city visit the temple to seek blessings. Archana, Arthi and Abhishekam are regular rituals performed in the temple on a daily basis. The temple also houses a veda paatshala where students learn and recite the Vedas.

The temple radiates peace and serenity. Rituals are performed with such devotion every day and the vedas chanted by the children in the veda paatshala in the temple add positive vibes. It is a very soothing place to visit where one can lay down one’s burden and pray for harmony and success.

This temple Opening & Closing times is 6.00 AM and 7.00 PM. During this period major part of the Goddess Saraswathi rituals are performed. Archana, Aarti and Abhisekham are the daily pujas performed.

Every day 100 of people were given free food to come to visit the temple at a big dining hall in the temple complex. During Dussehra period 1000’s of devotees visit the temple every day. The Dussehra temple starts with Vigneshwara Pooja. Maha Abishekam Navaratri Kalasha Sthapana Chathu Sha shatyu pachara pooja, Arathi, Mantha Pushpam, Kukumarchana were performed. Laksha pooja Archana Pustaka Roopini Saraswathi Pooja Ashtothara Shathakalasha Abishekam On the last day of Vijayadarshanam of the goddesses Saraswati is decorated for devotees.

Pooja for Lord Shani Special pooja will be performed on every Shani Trayodashi which comes on the saturday. The poojas for Lord Shani were start on 5 a.m. in the morning which start with Ganapathi pooja and Japam, Homam will be performed with Tarpana to Lord Shani. The Lord Sheni will be worshipped with oil called as Taila Abishekam. The Homam for Lord Sheni will be ended at 12:00 noon with Poornahuthi, Arathi etc.,This is a very big event for this temple which attract 1000’s of devotees from all over A.P and other places of India.

Some special poojas that are performed at Vargal Saraswathi temple are Chandi Homam which is a special event here.

Wargal Saraswati temple, otherwise called as Sri Vidya Saraswati Temple, is located in a hillock in Siddipet district in Telangana, India. The construction of the temple began in 1998 and is currently being maintained by Kanchi Shankar Matt. The main goddess is Saraswati and the temple attracts many families from the district and all over the country who pray for their children’s education and career. The temple also houses a Veda paatshala within its premises. There are also other temples devoted to different deities on the same hill.

Wargal Saraswati Temple By Road

Wargal is a distance of around forty-seven km from Secunderabad. TSRTC buses are available every ten minutes from Jubilee Bus Station. All buses towards Siddipet, Karimnagar, Mancherial and Vemulawada can be stopped at Wargal X roads upon request. The temple is just five km from the cross roads. The buses also stop at Lalbazar & Alwal to pick up passengers. Private transport facility is available from Wargal X Road to Temple.

Wargal Saraswati Temple By Train

There is no railway station near to Wargal Mandal in less than 10 km.Kacheguda Rail Way Station (near to Hyderabad) , Hyderabad Decan Rail Way Station (near to Hyderabad) are the Rail way stations reachable from near by towns.

Wargal Saraswati Temple By Air

The Temple can be reached through nearest Rajiv Gandhi International Airport which is well connected with regular domestic flights to Delhi, Mumbai.

Astrologer and Vastu expert, Yayavaram Chandrashekhara Sharma had put in immense efforts in the construction of the temple. The process for building the temple was started by a group who were called as Satya patam Seva samethi. They began to look for a place to build the temple in the year 1998. In due time, they selected this hillock where the ancient Shambu Deva temple was located. More than one crore rupees was spent on building this divine temple.