A Temple (Devalaya) is a link between man and God, between the earthy life and the divine life, between the actual and the ideal. It is the place where God dwells on earth to bless mankind. Temples always exercise an enormous influence on our social life and give peace to the frustrated minds. Indian customs and history is related with temples and its architecture.
Dr Pailla Malla Reddy,U.S.A, who was born and brought up at Sunkishala, dreamt of making his village a model village. He intended to do something that would help the villagers in increase their standard of living. He felt that building a temple is the best way to help the community. It will not only ease the onerous efforts that all generations had to make in traveling from the village to far-flung areas for worship as there are no temples in the vicinity and can also generate employment. Moreover, there are many people in the community who cannot afford for a pilgrimage to holy places like Tirumala, Shiridi or Badrachalam. This temple now not only fulfills their wishes but also generated gainful employment for all kinds of labor, from the basic landscape designer and gardener, to the sophisticated architect, and can also be center for learning and enrich lives bringing prosperity.
On 26 December 1997, the Prathishtapana mahotsav of Lord Sri Venkateswara along with Padmavathi Devi and Alamelu Manga was performed by his holiness the Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakothi peeth and was presided by the then Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh, A. Madhava Reddy. The temple has become so popular that people from nearby and far off villages and districts started to throng. People started calling it a “Mini Tirupati”.
Enthused by the Co-operative spirit of the villagers, the Government sanctioned several developmental works and more bus routes for the village. Many developmental activities like repairing and re-laying of roads, desilting water tanks are completed, giving a fresh and new look to the village.
In short, it can be said that the Sunkishala Sri Venkateswara temple (Sunkishala SV Temple) has changed and continues to change the village, mandal and district, and the lives of its inhabitants.
