Bhairavakona

Bhairavakona is a holy place situated on the heart of Nallamala Hills in the Prakasam district of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.

The name Bhairavakona originated from the fact that Kaala Bhairava Swamy guards the location which has temple of Sri Trimukha Durgamba Mahadevi in the background Bargheswara lingam in the foreground.

These hills are a part of the Eastern Ghats that run north-south near Vijayanagara Empire ruins site of Udayagiri, Andhra Pradesh.

The notable features of these rock cut caves are the inscriptions and eight different forms of Shiva: Shashinaga, Rudra, Visweswara, Nagarikeswara, Bhargeswara, Rameswara, Mallikarjuna and Pakshamalika Linga.

Life size dwarapalikas, cut out pillars on lions, gavaksa (Gavākṣha), Ganesha and other Hindu deities are also some of the reliefs presented in these temples.