Kanaka Durga Temple

Kanaka Durga Temple
Kanaka Durga Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	NTR
Deity	Kanaka Durga
Governing body	Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Varla Devasthanam
Location
Location	Vijayawada
State	Andhra Pradesh
Country	India
Location in Andhra Pradesh Show map of Andhra Pradesh Location in India Show map of India
Geographic coordinates	16°31′8.50″N 80°37′17.38″E / 16.5190278°N 80.6214944°E / 16.5190278; 80.6214944
Architecture
Type	Dravidian
Website
Official website

Kanaka Durga Temple, officially known as Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Kanaka Durga. The deity in this temple is also popularly referred as Kanaka Durga. The temple is located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India on the Indrakeeladri hill on the banks of Krishna River.^[1] Kaalika Purana, Durgaa Sapthashati and other Vedic literature have mentioned about Kanaka Durga on the Indrakeelaadri and have described the deity as Swayambhu, (self-manifested) in Triteeya Kalpa.^{[citation needed]}