Annavaram Satyanarayana Temple in Annavaram town in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh is dedicated to Veera Venkata Satyanarayana, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The temple is situated on the hillock named Ratnagiri. It can be accessed by both footsteps made of stone and by road. The temple resembles a chariot with four wheels in four corners. The temple hosts mandapam to conduct Satyanarayana Vrathams. The main entrance of the temple has been gold-plated. Apart from conducting Aartis and Satyarayana Vrathams, the temple is also considered auspicious for married couples.
The priests of Ratnagiri Kshetra believe that the couple who gets married in this temple leads a happy and harmonious life. They will also be blessed to give birth to healthy children. During wedding seasons like Shravana Masam and Karthika Masam, thousands of couples visit the temple to get married. Therefore, there is a rush of special newlyweds in the empty premises of the Devasthanam as well as in special cottages. From the millionaire to the regular labourer, getting married in the divine before Satyanarayana Swamy shrine is preferred by people of all classes and cast.
The couple with better financial stability gets married in huge mandapams of this Divya Kshetra. In the same way, people arrange small mandapams and perform marriages even on empty premises. Some also conduct marriages on the stairs. In any case, devotees mostly gather at Ratnagiri to receive the blessings of Sri Satyanarayana Swamy.
As much as marriage is given importance in Annavaram Satyanarayana Temple, the Vrata of Satyanarayana Swamy finds an equal footing among the devotees. People who are not able to get married in the temple due to unavailability of space come to this Ratnagiri temple for the Vrat of Lord Satyanarayana Swamy. Satyanarayana Puja is dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu who is also known as Satyanarayana. The puja is described in Skanda Purana.
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