Planning to visit Srisailam

With comfort of online access and advance bookings, one can completely plan a trip to Srisailam in advance.  Srisailam temple is located in Nallamala forest, Srisailam is about 232 km from Hyderabad, The approximate travel time from Hyderabad to Srisailam is 6 hours by bus.

There are no Priavate Bus travel services allowed to Srisailam, one has toeither use APSRTC services or go by their own vechiles.

Planning Travel:

There is no direct train transport the hill. Train journey can take you to Kurnool and from there RTC runs buses for every one hour to Srisailam.  Alternatively, APSRTC runs buses direct buses to the temple.  One can book tickets for Srisailam with APSRTC advance online booking. A best choice is to choose the Super Luxury service for any journey longer than 100 Kms.

Pooja and Sevas booking:

You can book the seva’s in advance online.

Online Booking: Srisailam Pooja Online Booking

Notes about online booking:

All ticket poojas/sevas will be canceled during Mahasivaratri & Ugadi Festivals

Online booking tickets will be charged with 5.96% tax extra

All offerings, made through the on-line facility, is accepted by Srisaila Devastanam as a non- reclaimable, and unchanged in nature if the purpose is not specified the amount will automatically be transferred to the Lord’s Hundi and the donor is not entitled to claim of any remittance under this payment mode.

Accomodation booking:

You can book accommodation in temple accommodation blocks or in Cottages/Satrams.

For the list of available accomodation centers:

1. Srisailam Online Accommadation
2. Tariff Cottages & Rooms

Online Booking:

Online Accomodation Booking

The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department runs a few hotels by name Ganga Sadan, Gouri Sadan and Punnami Guest House. These are clean and well maintained, and are within the budget of most pilgrims. There are also some lodges and choultries that cater to particular communities.

Places to Visit:

Sakshi Ganapati – Before visiting Srisailam everyone will have darshan of Sakshi Ganapati near Srisailam. It is said that Ganapati will note down the names of the visiting devotees.

Patala Ganga – People take a holy bath here. The water is supposed to be very pure and have healing properties for skin diseases.

Hatakeshwaram –

Paladhara – Panchadara:

Lingala Gattu – This is a rocky Krishna river bank, where every rock is said to be an image of Lord Siva. Hence the name Lingala Gattu.

Ista Srisailam-Nagarjuna Sagar Tiger Reserve – This is the only tiger reserve in Andhra Pradesh. Three forest rest houses and 40 bed capacity dormitories for tourists.

Chatrapati Shivaji Spurti Kendram, which has exhibits on Shivaji Maharaj.

Srisailam Sikharam (Peak of the Mountain) from where you can have a bird’s eye view of all of Srisailam.

Chenchu Lakshmi Museum – A museum which has exhibits on tribal people living in Andhra Pradesh.

The dam is 10 km before the Siva temple.

Don’t miss

Ista Kameswari Temple: from Srisailam you need to travel 16 km into deep forest which is very adventurous. Don’t try to go in your own vehicle because the way is sprinkled with huge rocks and water. Engage a jeep from Srisailam.

If you have a team of 10 they will charge 1200 Rupees.Or else you can share with other in which case you will be charged 300 Rs. Bargain the amount with the drivers. After reaching the temple try to cross the temple and you will find very good place with water falls and valleys.

Akkamahadevi Caves:This is the most interesting part of the journey in Srisailam.To reach the caves you need to go to Patala Ganga.You can reach Patala Ganga by rope way and ride a boat from there to reach the caves. After travelling 16 kms (for more than an hour) on the Krishna river with high mountains on either sides and walking for some distance,you will reach the caves.There will be a guide with you in the boat who will lead into the caves.You need to take a candle with you as the caves are 80 feet deep and very dark.

Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development boats need to be reserved in advance in the early hours on the date of journey. The ticket cost is 180 rupees. Minimum of 18 members are to be there for the boats to be started. You can also engage a private boat.