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This Guide will help you out in having peaceful Trip to Mantralayam with your family or friends. As You know, Mantralayam is a heavenly place for all Raghavendra Swamy desciples and Madhwas.  The Temple environment, the Puja Programmes  especially  Evening Programs  never missout Once atleast in your lifetime to see the Vaibhava of  Seva  Performed daily in the evening at around 8.00PM you can see chariots carrying the deity being drawn around the temple and the temple elephants paying obeisance to the deity. It is quite a spectacular sight. There are three chariots, one plated in gold, the other in silver and the third in sandalwood. See the Chariots  in our Wall paper section .

It is a must to wear dhoti for gents and indian attire like sari, salwar kameez for ladies to enter the sanctum if you want to go near to the Brindavan or do aarthi on your own.Before entering the sanctum sanctorium of mutt, you are advised to take a bath (or atleast wash your feet) on the banks of Tungabhadra river (or at the tap in front of the mutt). Have the darshan of Manchalamma, the godess who blessed the place for Shri Raghavendra Swamy’s Vrindavanam. Then, you need to enter the sanctum of mutt through the queue complex in front of mutt. If you are lucky enough and there’s no rush for the darshan, you can enter the sanctum directly (ofcourse, you have to bear with queue of smaller length). After the darshan, you can quietly move around the sanctum chanting the stotras of Sri Raghavendra Swamy or simply chant Sri Raghavendraya Namaha.

If you are offering sevas exceeding Rs. 50/-, you are required to assemble in the seva hall on the right side of the sanctum before 8.00 am. Hence you are required to purchase the seva tickets the previous day. Please note that the seva timings might vary or sevas might be cancelled on auspicious days like Rama Navami, Madhva Navami, Aradhana days and on the days of eclipse. Parimala prasadams are unique kind of prasadams prepared and offered to deity in Mantralayam only which are available in the counters outside the sanctum.

Mass feeding of meals takes place in a large dining hall on the left side of the sanctum during afternoons. During nights you can purchase food items like puliogare, pongal from Annadaata counter in front of the mutt by paying a small amount.

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Here is your  guide to mantralayam.

The town is located in Karnataka border of Andhra Pradesh on the southern bank of Tungabhadra river. Majority of people here are conversant with both Telugu and Kannada languages. You can also find people speaking Tamil.

The nearest major airport is Hyderabad International airport which is located at a distance of about 351 km from Mantralayam. Hyderabad is well air connected to other major airports in India and abroad. Taxi services are available from the airport to Mantralayam.. Taxi fare to cover the distance from Hyderabad to Mantralayam is about Rs. 4000.

Mantralayam town is well connected by AP State Road Transport Corporation buses. Regular and frequent bus services are available from Mantralayam to Kurnool and Hyderabad..

The Mantralayam road railway station is just 15 km away from the heart of the town. It is located in the rail route between Chennai and Raichur. Regular train services are available at this station to other nearby cities.