About this temple
Devipuram is a modern Sri Vidya learning and worship centre near Sabbavaram. Its Sahasrakshi temple makes the Sri Chakra spatial: the three-dimensional Meru is itself the architecture through which worshippers move.
History
Guruji Amritananda Natha Saraswati, formerly scientist Nistala Prahlada Sastry, and Guru Amma developed the centre between 1983 and 1994. The district account records the Putrevu family’s gift of land and the Sri Vidya Trust’s educational and charitable role.
Legends & Religious Traditions
The institution understands its origin as the sankalpa of Goddess Bala communicated to Guruji. This is its founder’s spiritual account, explicitly separate from the documented modern construction period. It is not an ancient dynasty-foundation legend.
Religious and Cultural Significance
Residential and online Sri Vidya teaching are part of the institution’s purpose. A casual visit and participation in an instructed ritual or residential course are different arrangements.
Architecture / Physical Features
The multi-level Sahasrakshi Meru temple is a built three-dimensional projection of the Sri Chakra. Its sacred geometry and accessible sequence of goddess forms make it unlike a conventional single-sanctum temple.
How to Reach
The district guide places Devipuram about 8 km from Sabbavaram and 18 km from Anakapalli. Continue locally from those towns to the centre.
Contradictory Accounts and Variations
The district page compresses construction into 1983; the institution describes development over 1983–1994. These are respectively a starting date and a construction span, not evidence of an ancient temple.
Verification Notes and Uncertainties
Older material may say Visakhapatnam district; the current map entry uses Anakapalli.