Kaleshvara

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Kaleshwaram (कालेश्वरम्) is a village in Mahadevpur Mandal in Bhoopalpally district in the Indian state of Telangana. This place is also popularly known as second kashi or southern Indian kashi.

Location

Kaleshwaram is at the juncture of the rivers Godavari and its Pranahita tributary. It is 277 kms from Hyderabad, 125 kms from Karimnagar, 115 kms from Warangal. It is 16.5 kms from Sironcha, Maharashtra.

Variants

Kaleshwaram (कालेश्वरम्)
Kaleshwara (कालेश्वर) (जिला करीमनगर, आ.प्र.) (AS, p.184)
Kaleswar

History

The temples of Kaleswar and Dharmapuri on the banks of the Godavari and those at Vemalwada and Ellanthakunta attract large numbers of pilgrims during the annual [p.74]: jatras. At Kaleswar is one of the Siva temples that mark the extremity of the Trilinga or Telugu country in the north. Two mosques, one at Kaleswar and the other at Sonipet, were built by Aurangzeb.^[1]

Kaleshvara Temple

It is the site of a temple of god Lord Shiva. The temple is significant because of the two Shiva Lingas that are found on a single pedestal. These Linga are named Lord Shiva and Lord Yama. Collectively, they known as Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy. Kaleshwaram is one of three Shiva temples mentioned in Trilinga Desham, or "Land of Three Lingas."

The holy place draws tourists during the Karthika Month of the Indian Calendar, 16 November – 15 December. Holy baths are held during 6-17 of December. People who bathe here first visit Lord Ganesha, then pray to Lord Yama and then to [[Lord Shiva[[.

कालेश्वर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर^[2] ने लेख किया है ...कालेश्वर (AS, p.184) जिला करीमनगर (आंध्र प्रदेश) यहाँ गोदावरी के तट पर स्थित कालेश्वर शिव का प्राचीन मंदिर है. यह उन शिव मंदिरों में है त्रिलिंग या तेलंगाना की उत्तरी सीमा निर्धारित करते थे.

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References

[1] History And Legend In Hyderabad, Department of Information and Public Relations, 1953, p.73-74

[2] Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.184

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