Kukkuteswara Temple is a Hindu temple in Pitapuram town of Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is prominent in both Saivite and Shakta Hindu traditions. It is one of the eighteen Maha Sakthi Peethas considered the most significant pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism.[1] The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Kukkuteswara, a form of Lord Siva as a rooster and his consort Rajarajeswari Devi.[2]
The temple of Puruhutika Devi, one of the Maha Shakti Peethas is on the premises of Kukkuteswara Temple. Pithapuram is referred to in the Skanda Purana and in Srinatha's Bheemeswara Puranamu and also in Samudragupta's Allahabad stone pillar inscription.[3]
^Moorthy, K. K. (1997). Sarvam Sakti Mayam: A Mini Compendium of 300 Sakti Temples. Message Publications. p. 40.
^General, India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961: Andhra Pradesh. Manager of Publications.
^Rao, P. R. Ramachandra (2005). The Splendour of Andhra Art. Akshara. p. 82.
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