Draksharama
Sign in to saveDraksharamam 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.
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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 and . This is the place where Daksha head of all prajapatis did a yagna called or . This place's present name is a compound of and which means "Abode of Daksha". This place was also referred to as by Jagadguru Adi Shankara in maha shakti peetha sloka at which points to "Maanikyamba devi of Draksharama". The place where Daksha performed is still visited by pilgrims here.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Draksharama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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