About 36 km from Tirupati is the great Saivaite Temple of Sri Kalahasthiswara and Gnana Prasannambika in Sri Kalahasti. It also dates from ancient times. In time it developed from a jungle shrine to its present imposing size.

The main temple in the town is dedicated to Sri Kalahasthiswara and Gnana Prasannambika .There is another of Manikanteswara. There are also sculptures on a hill named Dakshina Kailasa. This hill is curved in shape, and at some places in the Sri Kalahasthiswara temple, forms its walls.The Swarnamukhi river flows by the temples.