At Alampur on the bank of the Tungabhadra, near its meeting with the Krishna, Jogulamba is worshipped as one of the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas — "Alampure Jogulamba" in Adi Shankaracharya's stotram. In the tradition of the Peethas, the upper teeth of Sati fell here, and the Goddess is revered in a fierce (ugra) seated form, her hair bearing a lizard, scorpion, owl, and skull — emblems, devotees explain, of the forces of time and dissolution over which the Mother presides.
She is honoured as the Shakti of Bala Brahmeswara. Alampur, known as a gateway to Srisailam and a city of temples for its cluster of ancient Navabrahma shrines, sits amid deeply sacred ground on the river; its idol was preserved and later re-established in the shrine.
The Mother is worshipped here for protection and the fulfilment of every worldly and spiritual aim, making Jogulamba among the most powerful of the southern Shakti seats.
