Kaleshwaram is a village in Mahadevpur

Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

Jayashankar Bhupalpally district Jayashankar Bhupalpally district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters are located at Bhupalpally. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district and Karimnagar district prior to the re-organisation of distr ...

in the

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Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. This name refers more broadly to the state of

& Kaleshwaram Temple. Kaleshwaram is at the juncture of the rivers Godavari and its Pranahita tributary. It is 277 kilometres from

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

, 125 kilometres from

Karimnagar Karimnagar, also informally known as Elagandula, is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration in the state. It is third largest City in the state and Municipal Corporation and i ...

, 130 kilometres from

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 811,844 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal serv ...

, 95 kilometres from Ramagundam railway station, 60 kilometres from

Godavarikhani Godavarikhani is a neighbourhood of Ramagundam Municipal Corporation of Ramagundam city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is also called as the Coal City, River City and City of Black Gold. The name of the city was coined by Geetla Janardhan ...

, 75 kilometres from Parkal and 60 kilometres from

Manthani Manthani is a municipal town in Manthani mandal in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Manthani mandal on the banks of the river Godavari..Manthani is nearest town of Godavarikhani, Ramagundam & Peddapalli. ...

. This place is also popularly known as second Kashi or southern Indian Kashi. It is 10 km from Sironcha, Maharashtra.

Legend

Legend claims that a long time ago, a Vaishya had performed an ''Abhisheka'' to Lord Kaleshwara Mukteeshwara with hundreds of milk pots, and the milk evolved at the ''sangamam'' of Godavari and Pranahita.

Transport

Tsrtc Bus services are available from

, Parkal,

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Sironcha Sironcha is a town and municipal council in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state in India. It connected with NH-63. Sironcha also spelled as Sirivancha is a important Telugu language center from ages. Sironcha was the center for Telugu lear ...

, Aheri,

, and

Peddapalli Peddapalli is a town, Revenue Division and has a Railway Junction in Peddapalli District in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Peddapalli District and Peddapalli mandal. It is located about 197 kilometres (122 mi) ...

. Mainly

Bhupalpally Bhupalpally is a town and is the headquarters of the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in the Indian state of Telangana. Government and politics Civic administration The Bhupalpally Nagar Panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat ...

Hanumakonda Hanamakonda is a major city and the district headquarters of Hanamkonda district in the state of Telangana. It is about 150 KM away from the state Capital Hyderabad and about 7KM away from former district Head quarters Warangal. It is also one ...

bus depots run buses.

Theology

The name Kaleshwara indicates Kala (Who takes life(Death)) means Yama and Eshwara (who gives life) means Shiva. This is a rare combination as the Life and Death are at same place. which is strong evidence that Life and Death are not different, they are Same.

Temple

It is the site of a temple of the

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god

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

. 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 Yama (), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka. He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of ''Dharm ...

. Collectively, they are known as Kaleshwara Mukteeshwara 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 December. People who bathe here first visit

Lord Ganesha Ganesha or Ganesh (, , ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. Hi ...

, then pray to Lord Yama and then to Lord Shiva. Kanyaka Temple FRONT

In 2018, Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshwari temple was opened near Kaleshwara Mukteeshwara Swamy Temple. Adjacent to it was new Nitya Anna Dhana Vysya Satram. Temple is funded and built by Rajaiah and Satyavathi Devi Daram. Everyday rituals are being performed by Purohiths.

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

The

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India. Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, its farthest upstrea ...

is a major irrigation project that was started in 2016. The massive project is intended to meet the irrigation needs of nearly three-fourths of Telangana with its headworks taken up at a cost of ₹80,500 crore.

References

Kaleshwaram

Visit www.KaleshwaramTemple.in – Kaleshwaram Devasthanam – Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Devasthanam Visit https://traveltimings.in/hyderabad-kaleshwaram/ – For Hyderabad to Kaleshwaram Bus Timings – For Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Devasthanam
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