Pancharama Kshetras

The Pancharama Kshetras or the Pancharamas are five ancient Hindu temples of Lord Shiva situated in Andhra Pradesh. The Sivalingas at these temples are made from a single Sivalinga.
According to mythology, this Sivalinga was owned by the Rakshasa King Tarakasura. No one could win over him due to the power of this Sivalinga. Finally, Lord Kumaraswamy, son of Lord Shiva, broke the Sivalinga into five pieces and killed Tarakasura. The five pieces of Sivalinga fell at five different places on earth.
These five pieces were installed as Sivalingas at five different temples by Indra, Surya, Chandra, Vishnu and Kumaraswamy at the respective places. These places (or Aaramas) are as follows:

1. Amararama (located in Amaravathi)


2. Draksharama (located in Draksharamam)


3. Somarama (located in Bhimavaram)


4. Ksheerarama (located in Palakol)


5. Kumararama (located in Samarlakota)