Sarada Temple is located near National Highway 44 at
Shamshabad near Hyderabad.
The temple is dedicated to Shiva and is famous for its serene surroundings.
Shiva is worshipped here as Chandramouliswara – in the Shivling form. The
temple also has murtis of Goddess Sri Sarada, Ganesha, Subramaniam Swami, Krishna, Navgrahas and Adi Shankara.
The New Indian Express reports
The construction of the Shiva temple took place under the
supervision of the former civil servant, who earlier served as the Executive
Officer of the Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams, and Vedantam Subramanyam Ravi,
former deputy general manager at Singareni Collieries. “The work on the `3
crore project began in 2009 and was funded by the Peetham. It was thrown open
to the public in November, 2012, after the consecration of the main idol by Sri
Bharati Theertha Swami, the 36th Shankaracharya, head of the
peetham.”
Besides the main temple, an additional 1,100 sq yards were
also allotted which now house an ‘archaka’ complex for the pundits and a
goshala (cowshed). The architecture though inspired from traditional patterns,
has a modernistic feel with a shiny granite floor and of course, the sheer
lustre of a new building. The lion plays a significant role in the design, with
two ‘standing’ lions at the main entrance of the temple. Another feature one
notices in the architecture is that the symmetry of the designs on the pillars
is punctuated by a few designed out of pattern. Like any other modern day
temple, one will also find ‘dwarpalaks’ on all four sides of the structure.