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आंध्र के पाँच शिव क्षेत्र, जहाँ तारकासुर के कंठ का शिवलिंग पाँच भागों में गिरा — अमराराम, द्राक्षाराम, सोमाराम, क्षीराराम, कुमाराराम।
- 1 अमराराम (अमरावती अमरेश्वर)Amaravati, आंध्र प्रदेशThe first Pancharama, on the Krishna at Amaravati. Installed by Indra, lord of the immortals, the linga is called Amareswara; the tall white linga is seen from two level…
- 2 द्राक्षाराम भीमेश्वर – माणिक्यांबाDraksharamam, आंध्र प्रदेशBoth a Pancharama and one of the 18 Shakti Peethas in one temple, held to be Daksharama, the site of Daksha's sacrifice. The linga, about 14 feet tall, rises through a t…
- 3 सोमाराम (भीमवरम)Gunupudi, Bhimavaram, आंध्र प्रदेशInstalled by the Moon (Soma). Devotees say the linga turns white by the full moon and brownish-black by the new moon. Unusually, Annapurna's shrine is on the upper floor…
- 4 क्षीराराम (पालकोल्लु)Palakollu, आंध्र प्रदेशPalakollu's Ksheeraramam is seen from afar by its nine-storeyed gopuram. Shiva drew a stream of milk (ksheera) from the earth with his trident here, the story goes, whic…
- 5 कुमाराराम (सामर्लकोटा)Samarlakota, आंध्र प्रदेशNamed because Kumaraswamy himself installed the linga here. Like Draksharamam it is a two-storeyed temple of the Eastern Chalukya king Bhima, with a limestone linga abou…