Pancharama Kshetras

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Pancharama Kshetras are five ancient Hindu temples of Lord Shiva situated in Andhra Pradesh. The Sivalingas at these temples are made from a single Sivalinga.

As per the legend, this Sivalinga was owned by the Rakshasa King Tarakasura. Nobody could win over him due to the power of this Sivalinga. Finally Lord Kumaraswamy broke this Sivalinga into five pieces and killed Tarakasura. The five pieces of Sivalinga fallen at five different places on earth.

These five pieces are installed as Shivalingas at five different Temples by Indra, Surya, Chandra, Vishnu and Kumaraswamy at the respective places. These places (or Aaramas) are as follows
Amaravathi Amararama
Draksharamam Draksharama
Ramachandrapuram Somarama
Palakollu Ksheerarama
Smarlakota Kumararama.

[edit] See also

• Samarlakota
• Draksharama
• Amaravathi
• Bhimavaram
• Palakollu

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Amararama • Draksharama • Somarama • Ksheerarama • Kumararama