Life History of Hazarath Syed Shah Ahmed Basha Qadri (R.A)
Banaganapalli
Mazar of Hazarat Syed Sha Ahmed Basha Qadiri (R.A) in Banaganapalli
Hazarath Syed Sha Ahmed Basha Qadiri Yamani Shuttari (R.A) is a Sufi Saint of Qadiriya Order of Sufiism.He belongs to lineage of a great Sufi Saint Hazarat Syed Abubakkar Qadiri Al Maroof Yaseen Vali (R.A) of Tadipatri.
Hazarath Yasin Vali was a king of a province in Iran who abdicated the throne to wmbrace the path of Sufism.
Hazrath Ahmed Basha Saheb was born in the year 1928,he propogated Qadiriyya order of Sufism in many places including Anantapur and Kurnool districs of A.P.Hazarath Syed Ahmed Basha Saheb is commonly called as Bade Saheb by his disciples and devotees.Bade Saheb has shown many miracles during his lifetime, he use to observe meditation in the hills of Hazarth Dada Hayath (R.A) in Chickmagalur district of Karnataka. His soul rested in peace in the year of 1991 on 01 Rabi' Al Akhar
(Wednesday 09-October)
His mausoleum is in Banaganapalli, in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh,India.
YAGANTI TEMPLE:
Sri Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple is one of the few temples patronized by one of the great dynasties of India. Every year Maha Shivaratri is celebrated and a large number of devotees from all over Andhra Pradesh visit. Shiva, Parvati and Nandi are the main deities in this temple.
This temple was constructed by King Harihara Bukka Rayalu of the Sangama Dynasty of theVijayanagara Empire in the 15th century. It was built according to Vaishnavaite traditions.
One story of the site's origin is as follows: The sage Agastya wanted to build a temple for LordVenkateswara on this site. However, the statue that was made could not be installed as the toe nail of the idol got broken. The sage was upset over this and performed a penance for Lord Shiva. When Lord Shiva appeared, he said the place suits Shiva better as it resembles Kailash. Agastya then requested Lord Shiva to give the devotees a Parvathi Goddess as Lord Uma Maheswara in a single stone, which Lord Shiva obliged.
A second story is as follows: Chitteppa, a devotee of Lord Shiva, was worshiping Lord Shiva and Lord Shiva appeared to him as a tiger. Chitteppa understood that it was Lord Shiva in tiger form, and shouted Neganti Shivanu ne kanti (meaning: I saw Shiva I saw), and danced with joy. There is a cave called Chitteppa nearby.
The story according to the priests is that when the sage Agastya completed his uttara desha yatra and started dakshina desha yatra he found the beautiful and pleasant place called yaganti( Nekanti-i have seen)and thought to build a temple for Lord Venkateswara on this site . while roaming around caves one of the caves was found to have a very old statue of Lord Vishnu . After all the yagna, homa and pooja he found that the statue really contains a small defect as broken nail on the foot thumb finger. To seek an explanation he prayed to Shiva and Shiva explained that at this place which contains natural springs and nature only I can be worshipped. Then the sage Agastya asked a boon to Shiva to reside in this place for eternity with Mother Parvathi. So this place is called as Umamahesware (Uma: parvathi, Maheswara: shiva) temple. The shrine contains the statue of Shiva and Parvathi on a single stone.
BELUM CAVES:
Belum Caves is located at Belum Village in Kolimigundla Mandal of Kurnool District in State of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Belum Caves is the second largest cave in Indian subcontinent and the longest caves in plains of Indian Subcontinent, known for its stalactite andstalagmite formations. Belum Caves have long passages, spacious chambers, fresh water galleries and siphons. The caves reach its deepest point (120 feet from entrance level) at the point known as Pataalaganga. Belum Caves derives its name from "Bilum" Sanskrit word for caves.[1] In Telugu language, it is called Belum Guhalu. Belum Caves has a length of 3229 metres, making it the second largest natural caves in Indian Subcontinent.
Originally discovered in 1884 by a British surveyor Robert Bruce Foote, later in 1982-84, a team of German speleologists headed by H Daniel Gebauer conducted a detailed exploration of the caves. Thereafter in 1988, the state government declared them protected, and Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) developed the caves as a tourist attraction in February 2002. Today, 3.5 km of the cave has been successfully explored, though only 1.5 km is open to tourists
