Eight Directions

There are four Durgalayas

1. Kadiyali,
2. Putturu,
3. Kannarpadi and
4. Byluru 

and four Skandalayas

1. Thongodu,
2. Mangodu,
3. Arithodu and
4. Muchilakodu 

within two square mile of Anantheshwara temple.

If the

1. four directions starting from east to north-west are the dwellings of Shivaputra Skanda,
2. the remaining four directions starting from west to northeast are the dwellings of Durgi.