Daksharamam
Hindu temple in India
Draksharamam or Daksharamam is one of the five Pancharama Kshetras, Trilinga Kshetras that are sacred to the Hindu god Shiva and also 12th of Ashtadasha Shakthi Peetams. The temple is located in Draksharamam town of Konaseema district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The poet Mallikarjuna Panditaradhyudu who wrote first independent work in Telugu and who spread Lingayatism in Andhra region during medieval ages was born in this town.
Etymology
The town was formerly known as Daṣkatapovana and Daṣkavāṭika. This is the place where Daksha head of all prajapatis did a yagna called Nirīśvara yāga or Nirīśvara yajña. This place's present name is a compound of Daṣka and Ārāma which means "Abode of Daksha". This place was also referred to as Daṣkavāṭika by Jagadguru Adi Shankara in maha shakti peetha sloka at Māṇikye Dakṣa vāṭika which points to "Maanikyamba devi of Draksharama". The place where Daksha performed Nirīśvara yajña is still visited by pilgrims here.
History
Inscriptions in the temple reveal that it was built between the 9th and 10th centuries CE by the Eastern Chalukyan king, Bhima. The big Mandapam of the temple was built by Ganga Mahadevi, daughter-in-law of Eastern Ganga Dynasty king Narasingha Deva I of Odisha.
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