Thread by @AadhiRaSpeaks

The #Pancharama kshetras are 5 #Shiva Temples in #AndhraPradesh that are believed to be made of a single #Atmalinga
During Mahayudh between prabhu #Kartikeya & #Tarkasur, each time the demon was killed, his body would join again. Shri #MahaVishnu told #Kartikeya ji that body
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Tarkasur has an #Atmalinga that needs to be broken into 5 pieces & fixed where they fall by Pooja & building a Temple.
So each piece was worshipped by a Devta & has a unique feature! All shivlinga have scales due to being hit by His Aagneyaastra used to break the Shiva Lingam
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worn by Taraka.
Lingam broke into 5 pieces & was trying to unite by making Omkara nada
Surya Deva by the order of #Vishnu, fixed the pieces & worshipped them by building temples over them.
The pieces stopped their movement & became famous as Panchaarama Kshetras. 3/5

1st piece fell in #Amaravati & was worshipped by #Indra with Devguru #Brahaspati as #Amareshwara
Devi is worshipped as #BalaChamundika, who is 4th of the 18 goddesses
Temple is situated on banks of river #Krishna
Shivlinga is so tall that archakas do abhisheka from pedestal 4/5

It is believed to be growing from #Patallok
#Shivlinga is 15 ft above ground & was growing every yr so a nail was hit on the top of Shivlinga, where blood started oozing out. There's still a red stain seen!
Even during the flooding of river, temple is unaffected
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