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Gopalaswami Temple
Puttaparthi, Anathapur District Phone: Not AvailableAbout
This temple is dedicated to Venu Gopala Swami (Lord Krishna) who is self-manifested here. According to a legend, the village was earlier called as Gollapalli which means home of cowherds. One day a cowherd noticed a snake sucking milk from one of his cows and threw a stone at it which made it die. While dying, the snake cursed the village which led to the decline of cattle population and the place started developing numerous anthills. In Sanskrit, "Valmikam" means anthill and hence the place was called as "Valmikipura" (place of anthills) which later transformed into Telugu as "Puttaparthi".
