Among the swayambhu lingams are the frozen ice lingam ... The Gudimallam Shiva is probably the only surviving south Indian icon of the Mauryan period. He is a hunter, a popular form of the deity.

The Ganpati Swayambhu temple is believed to be 400 years old. It is said that a farmer saw the idol of Ganpati in the Kerda jungles and constructed a temple round it. There are two idols of Lord ...