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Jeedikal Temple

Sri Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam is a well-known Srirama Temple in Jeedikal hamlet, close to Jangaon. According to local legend, the temple dates back to the ‘Tretayuga,’ since it was here that Lord Rama, when in exile, is claimed to have slain rakshasa Maricha with an arrow, who appears in the form of a golden deer. When Maricha begs Lord Rama’s pardon and swears to adore him, the latter agrees to appear on the mound here in this temple as ‘Swayambhu.’ Sri Rama’s Padukas, or the area where the golden deer died, is locally known as “Lady Banda,” and every building, whether constructed of stone or mud, or the pond that’s inside the natural stone rock, bears witness to Lord Sri Rama visiting this place on his hunt for the golden deer. So far throughout history, the water level has not decreased or increased.