Srisailm Mallikarjuna Swamy 01-08-2015 to 02-08-2015

Team Members 
Rajendra,Raman, Mahesh and Girish.
My dream is to visit the all Jyotirlinga 
Last monday Mahesh told me to visit the Srisailam, first we planned to go three members me, Mahesh and raman. I think one driver we need then only we enjoy the trip, if we drive we can't enjoy. Finaly decided to take the driver. I called my friend Mr Harish, He arranged the driver Girish.
 In bangalore rain continueasly  Raman is irretated   due to rain Bus jorney. We start the journy towards Srisailam at 8pm by Mahesh Car. on the way had dinner hotel Swati near by Kodigenalli gate. 
Girish is nice Driver.
I thank to all my team members to complete one portion of my dream.

Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva situated at Srisailam in South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams.

Jyotirlinga

As per Siva Mahapuranam, once Brahma (the Hindu God of creation) and Vishnu (the Hindu God of saving) had an argument in terms of supremacy of creation.^[2] To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge endless pillar of light, the jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either directions. Brahma lied that he found out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat. Shiva appeared as a second pillar of light and cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ceremonies while Vishnu would be worshipped till the end of eternity. The jyotirlinga is the supreme partless reality, out of which Shiva partly appears. The jyotirlinga shrines, thus are places where Shiva appeared as a fiery column of light.Originally there were believed to be 64 jyotirlingas while 12 of them are considered to be very auspicious and holy.^[2] Each of the twelve jyotirlinga sites take the name of the presiding deity - each considered different manifestation of Shiva. At all these sites, the primary image is lingam representing the beginningless and endless Stambha pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva.The twelve jyotirlinga are Somnath in Gujarat, Mallikarjuna at Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh, Mahakaleswar at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh, Kedarnath in Himalayas, Bhimashankar in Maharastra, Viswanath at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Triambakeshwar in Maharastra, Vaidyanath at district; in [Jharkhand ],Nageswar at Dwarka in Gujarat, Rameshwar at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and Grishneshwar at Aurangabad in Maharastra.

Srisailam Dam

he Srisailam Dam is a dam constructed across the Krishna River in the border of Mahabubnagar District, Telangana (Left bank) and Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh (Right bank) in India and is the 3rd largest capacity hydroelectric project in the country.

The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in the Nallamala Hills in between Mahabubnagar and Kurnool districts, 300 m (980 ft) above sea level. It is 512 m (1,680 ft) long, 269.748 metres (885.00 ft) high and has12 radial crest gates. It has a reservoir of 800 square kilometres (310 sq mi). Project has an estimated live capacity to hold 178.74 billion cubic feet. The left bank power station houses 6 × 150 megawatts (200,000 hp) reversible Francis-pump turbines (for pumped-storage) and the right bank contains 7 × 110 megawatts (150,000 hp) Francis-turbine generators.

The Srisailam project began in 1960, initially as a power project, across the Krishna, near Srisailam. After several delays, the main dam was finally completed twenty years later in 1980 July 26. In the meantime the project was converted into a multipurpose facility with a generating capacity of 770 megawatts (1,030,000 hp) by its second stage which was expected to be completed in 1987. The dam is to provide water for an estimated 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi) with its catchment area of 206,040 square kilometres (79,550 sq mi) and water spread of 1,595 square kilometres (616 sq mi). Under the right branch canal 790 square kilometres (310 sq mi) in Kurnool and Kadapa districts will have assured irrigation. From the initial modest estimate of ₹384.7 million for a power project the total cost of the multipurpose project was estimated to cross ₹10 billion in its enlarged form. The 269.748 metres (885.00 ft) high and 512 metres (1,680 ft) wide dam has alone cost ₹4.04 billion together with the installation of four generating sets of 110 MW each. The right branch canal is estimated to cost ₹4.49 billion and the initial investment of ₹1.4 billion has been provided by the World Bank. The projected cost-benefit ratio of the project has been worked out at 1:1.91 at 10% interest on capital outlay. On 2 October 2009, Srisailam dam experienced a record inflow which threatened the dam