An account of the trip cannot be complete without a special description of the famous spring and Temple at Mahanandi; and usually all pilgrims to Sri Sailam pass through Mahanandi on their return. It is about 9 miles from Nandyal and the Temple is situated at the foot of the same range. Our artist has also photographed the beautiful Temple with the whole Tank. The chief interest lies in the Tank which is a perennial spring, and there are two big outlets which carry off with great force the ever-bubbling water. The water is slightly tepid, and it is of remarkable purity and clearness. Light is refracted as in a perfect crystal, and you could see all the colours of the rainbow on the bottom of the tank. The depth is about 5 feet all round, and once you get into it, you are reluctant to get out of it. You can see a pin at the bottom clearly, and however you may dirty the water, it becomes clear in no time. There is not a speck of dirt in the water or at the bottom, and any leaves or other matter that may fall into it are all lifted up and carried out.

Visitors marvel, generally failing to account for the clearness and pellucid character of the water, but if one places his eye in level with the surface of the water, he would easily perceive that all over the tank, there are streaks rising aboye the water, as in a tumbler of soda water, and this cannot be anything else than compressed air rising out with the water. Bigger bubbles can also be perceived here and there. The force of the spring and this compressed air both combine together to lift up all dirt and rubbish, and they are carried outside by means of the flowing outlets. The waters running from this spring serve to keep hundreds of acres under permanent cultivation, and here in fact may be seen an instance of what our poets are fond of delineating, the commingling of forest and hill and country scenery, of what is called of Kurinji, and Mullai, and Marudam all in one place, and the scenery about this place is accordingly very enchanting.