Pancharama Kshetra
పంచారామ క్షేత్రాలు
5 temples in the tradition. No text fixes an order for them, so they are a set, not a sequence — visit in whatever order suits your route.
The set
Amararama Amaralingeswara Swamy Temple
అమరారామం అమరలింగేశ్వర స్వామి ఆలయం
Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh
The biggest piece of Tarakasura's linga. The asura Tarakasura, a devotee of Shiva, carries a linga in his throat that makes him impossible to kill; even when Kumaraswamy cuts him down, his body rejoins. The linga has to be…
Draksharama Bhimeswara Swamy Temple
ద్రాక్షారామం భీమేశ్వర స్వామి ఆలయం
Draksharamam, Andhra Pradesh
The linga in the throat of Tarakasura. The asura Tarakasura, a devotee of Shiva, carries a linga in his throat that makes him impossible to kill; even when Kumaraswamy cuts him down, his body rejoins. The linga has to be…
Somarama Someswara Swamy Temple
సోమారామం సోమేశ్వర స్వామి ఆలయం
Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh
The moon's piece of Tarakasura's linga. The asura Tarakasura, a devotee of Shiva, carries a linga in his throat that makes him impossible to kill; even when Kumaraswamy cuts him down, his body rejoins. The linga has to be…
Ksheerarama Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple
క్షీరారామం క్షీర రామలింగేశ్వర స్వామి ఆలయం
Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh
The milk-white piece of Tarakasura's linga. The asura Tarakasura, a devotee of Shiva, carries a linga in his throat that makes him impossible to kill; even when Kumaraswamy cuts him down, his body rejoins. The linga has to be…
Kumararama Bhimeswara Swamy Temple
కుమారారామం కుమార భీమేశ్వర స్వామి ఆలయం
Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh
Kumaraswamy's own piece of the linga. The asura Tarakasura, a devotee of Shiva, carries a linga in his throat that makes him impossible to kill; even when Kumaraswamy cuts him down, his body rejoins. The linga has to be…
Plan the circuit
Side by side, so you can see the season, the walking and the nearest station for each. Where we have not confirmed something, the cell says so. Always check dates and conditions before you travel — especially with elders.
Not yet confirmed for any of these temples: main months, altitude.
- Amararama Amaralingeswara Swamy Temple
- Darshan hours
- 6:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Nearest station / airport
- Vijayawada Junction (BZA) · Vijayawada International Airport (VGA)
Not yet confirmed: walking and access.
- Draksharama Bhimeswara Swamy Temple
- Walking and access
- The upper level of the sanctum is reached by two flights of stairs.
- Nearest station / airport
- Rajahmundry Airport
Not yet confirmed: darshan hours.
- Somarama Someswara Swamy Temple
- Nearest station / airport
- Bhimavaram · Rajahmundry Airport
Not yet confirmed: darshan hours, walking and access.
- Ksheerarama Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple
- Darshan hours
- 5:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Nearest station / airport
- Palakollu railway station · Rajahmundry Airport
Not yet confirmed: walking and access.
- Kumararama Bhimeswara Swamy Temple
- Nearest station / airport
- Samalkot Junction (SLO) · Rajahmundry Airport (Rajamahendravaram)
Not yet confirmed: darshan hours, walking and access.
Where this list comes from
- Oral account: No order-fixing source could be traced, and no verse of any Purana naming the five was reached. The set is concordant across sources; the ordering and the Puranic attributions are not. en.wikipedia.org · seen 2026-09-18
A note for the curious
No order. Secondary sources attribute the origin account to the Skanda Purana and to Srinatha's Bhimeswara Puranam, but neither attribution could be corroborated — the reference article on the Bhimeswara Puranam itself does not mention the Pancharamas at all. The only sequence found is a travel route, not a canon. Note also that the label 'Bhimarama' is applied by different sources to two different temples in this set, Samalkota and Bhimavaram.