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Srikalahasti Temple : Located in Srikalahasti town of Andhra Pradesh, the Srikalahasti Temple is one of the most revered Shiva temples across the whole of South India. It is the site where Kannappa, an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and a hunter is believed to have plucked out his eyes to cover blood oozing out of the Srikalahasteeswara linga, the presiding deity of the temple, when Lord Shiva intervened and gave him moksha. The temple is about 36 kilometers from Tirupati and is most visited for i