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The word ''[[Telugu people|Telugu]]'' is ''believed'' to have been derived from ''trilinga'', as in ''Trilinga Deśa'', "the country of the three lingas". According to a [[Hindu]] chronicle, [[Shiva]] descended as [[linga]] on three mountains which marked the boundaries of the Telugu country, namely [[Kaleswaram]] in [[Telangana]], [[Srisailam]] in [[Rayalaseema]] and [[Draksharama|Bhimeswaram, also known as Draksharamam]], in [[Coastal Andhra]]. It also thought to be believed that the word Telangana derived from [[Telingana]], Telinga, [[Trilinga]].<ref name=Grierson1967>{{cite book|last1=Grierson|first1=G.A.|title=Linguistic Survey of India|date=1967|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|location=Delhi, India|page=576|url=https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_tel_detail-1|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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In ''Andhra Kaumudi'', a Telugu grammar book, it was mentioned that [[Āndhra Vishnu]], having built an immense wall connecting the three mountains with the Mahendra hills, formed in it three gates, in which the three-eyed [[Ishwara]], bearing the trident in his hand and attended by a host of divinities, resided in the form of three lingams. Āndhra Viṣṇu assisted by divine angels having fought with the great giant Nishambhu for thirteen [[yuga]]s killed him in battle and took up his residence with the sages on the banks of the river [[Godavari]], since which time the Telugu country has been named Trilingam.<ref>A Grammar of Teloogoo Language - A D Campbell, introduction.</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"<br />
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! style="background:#ffc569;"| Kshetram<br />
! style="background:#ffc569;"| Presiding Deity<br />
! style="background:#ffc569;"| District<br />
! style="background:#ffc569;"| Region<br />
! style="background:#ffc569;"| State<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kaleswaram]] ||[[Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple|Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy]]||[[Jayashankar Bhupalpally district|Jayashankar Bhupalpally]]||[[Telangana]]||[[Telangana]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Draksharam|Bhimeswaram (Draksharamam)]] ||[[Draksharamam|Bhimeswara Swamy]]||[[East Godavari District|East Godavari]]||[[Coastal Andhra]]||[[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Srisailam]]||[[Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga|Mallikarjuna Swamy]]||[[Kurnool District|Kurnool]]||[[Rayalaseema]]||[[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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