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Pancharama Kshetrams #Thread - Five #ancient Shiva #temples - where 5 shattered pieces of a single Shivalinga worn by Asura King Tarakasuran are worshipped after he was defeated by Karthikeya
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#storytimethread - Karthikeya went on battle with Tarakasuran, he was unable to defeat the Asura King due to power of Shiva Linga worn by him.So had to destroy the protective Shivalinga to defeat the demon and attacked him with Agni Astra.

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Karthikeya's attack with astra broke the Shivalinga into 5 pieces, which were installed & worshipped in five temples across Andhra Pradesh -Amaravathi, Draksharamam,Bhimavaram,Palakollu
& Samalkota.These temples are known as
#Pancharama Kshetras.

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Pancharamas were installed by
1-Indra (Amararama)-Amaralingeswara Swamy
2-Surya (Draksharama)-Bhimesvara Swamy
3-Chandra(Somarama) -Someswara Swamy
4-Vishnu(Ksheerarama) -Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy
5-Kartikeya (Kumararama) -Kumara Bhimeswara Swamy

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Source text - hindutempleguide website

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