The village of Lepakshi is located 15-km east of Hindupur in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh. It is the most important  pilgrim place in this district. A trip to Lepakshi is really a marvelous one for those who have faith and belief in heritage and Culture. This place is resembles for the best the best moral paintings of the Vijayanagar Kings.

                    Lepakshi consists of three shrines dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and 'Virabhadra'. The temple of lord Veerabhadra remained the best  xample of the Vijayanagar’s architecture. A reference is made in the 'Skandapurana' to Lepakshi as one of the hundred and eight important 'Shaiva Kshetras' .                                       The temple Veerabhadra has historical significance i.e Though the temple  might constructed by Saint 'Agastya' himself, but it was developed virupanna the treasurer of the Vijayanagar kings He gestated the idea that he found the image of Veerabhadra in his dream.

        He executed the plan and put into action by utilizing the treasure in the absence of the king. When the construction was almost finished and it was being supervised the king returned and found the treasure empty. The king ordered that he should be blinded as a token of punishment for misuse of funds.The treasurer being a loyal person carried out the punishment spot with his own bands.
                     Even today one can see two dark stains upon the wall near the 'Kalyana Mandapa', which are said to be the marks made by his eyes, which he himself dashed against the wall. The builder did not survive for a long time and the village is called "Lepa-akshi Lepakshi", i.e., a village of the blinded eye.
The temple is divided into  the 'Mukha Mandapa', the 'Artha Mandapa', ' the Garbha Griha', and the 'Kalyana Mandapa'.  These three form a triangle with a common Mandapam.Accordign to the sources ,Lord Shiva and Parvati were married on the spot where the Kalyana Mandapa stands.