This picturesque spot is on the way to Srisailam of above 5 km away in a serine atmosphere. According to the tradition at this place God Siva appeared to a potter devotee in Atika (piece of Pot) and hence named as Atikeswaram and later it became Hatakeswaram. There is a temple dedicated to Sri Hatakeswara Swamy and is a stone structure datable to 11th – 13th Centuries A.D.
