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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Amareswara swami Temple
| script =
| image = File:Main Structure of Amareswara Temple.jpg
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| caption = Amareswara Swamy temple
| map_type = India Andhra Pradesh
| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh
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| coordinates = {{coord|16.580990|N|80.358946|E|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
| locale = [[Amaravathi (village), Guntur district|Amaravathi]]
| elevation_m = 31.4
| deity = [[Shiva]]
| festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]], [[Kartik Purnima]]
| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]
| temple_quantity = 1
| monument_quantity =
| inscriptions = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Sanskrit]]
| established = Unknown
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{{Hinduism}}

'''Amararama''' is one of the five [[Pancharama Kshetras]] that are sacred to the Hindu god [[Shiva]]. The temple is located in [[Amaravathi village, Guntur district|Amaravathi]] town of [[Guntur district]] in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/pancharamar-khetrams-dedicated-to-lord-siva/article19174387.ece|title=Five for peace|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> Amareswara Swamy or Amaralingeswara Swamy refers to Lord [[Shiva]] in this temple. The temple is situated on the southern bank of [[Krishna River]]. The consort of Lord Amareswara Swamy is Bala Chamundika.{{cn|date=September 2020}} The Sivalinga at this place is installed and established by Lord [[Indra]].

==The Deity==
The Sivalinga here is very tall that the archakas mount a pedestal platform, and perform the daily rituals as well as Abhisheka. The top of the Linga has a red stain on it. It is said that Sivalinga was growing up in size and to stop its growth, a nail has been hit onto the top of the Sivalinga. When the nail dug into the Linga, blood started to ooze from the Sivalinga it seems. The stain can be see even today.

==History==

Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu, King of Chintapalli and later Dharanikota, was a great devotee of Amareswara. He expanded and renovated the temple. The popular legend has it that once during the course of putting down a rebellion in his land the King had to have recourse to a massacre of the Chenchus, whereupon he lost his mental peace, which he regained only when he came to Amaravati. He shifted his place from Chintapalli to Amaravati in 1796, and devoted his entire life, time and revenues to building temples for Lord Siva. He renovated the Amareswaraswamy temple here, engaged nine learned archakas for the daily archana of the Lord, and provided them with all the needs of livelihood, including {{convert|12|acre|m2}} of land to each. The temple as it stands owes much to him.{{cn|date=September 2020}}

As per Legend, the demon king named Tarakasura defeated the gods after being awarded a boon by Lord Shiva. Shiva vowed to kill the demons and hence the gods came to reside here and since then the place came to be called Amaravati. Lord Shiva is worshipped as Amareswara with his consort Bala Chamundika, who is considered as the fourth of the 18 goddesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.templesofindia.net/temples/amaralingeswara-temple-amaravati|title=Amaralingeswara Temple Amaravati|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007170114/http://www.templesofindia.net/temples/amaralingeswara-temple-amaravati|archive-date=7 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
srikrishnadevaraya had visited this temple after the war of kodapalli

==Architecture==
Amaravati temple has also a wealth of inscriptions on its walls like those of the Kota chiefs of Amaravati and of Sri Krishandevaraya, the great Vijayanagara emperor. On a pillar in the Mukhamantapa the wife of Proli Nayudu, who was minister of [[Kota Vamsa|Kota King]] Ketaraja, has left an inscription.<ref>[http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume10/kakatiya_dynasty_2.html Inscriptions in Kakatiya period]</ref>
[[File:Front_view_of_Amaravati_Gopuram.jpg|thumb|Old gopuram of Amareswara swami temple]]

==Festivals==

The main festivals in the temple are the Mahashivaratri, which comes in the Magha Bahula Dasami and the Navaratri and the Kalyana Utsavas.
Amaravati is thus an important Kshetra situated at a particularly sacred spot of the holy river Krishna and is a consecrated place of worship, of importance to Hinduism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/maha-sivaratri-celebrated-with-religious-fervour/article2931387.ece|title=Maha Sivaratri celebrated with religious fervour|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref>

== Transport ==

The temple is located at a distance of 40km from [[Guntur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Amaravathi-declared-heritage-city/article10950696.ece|title=Amaravathi declared heritage city|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> State run [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation|APS RTC]] runs bus services from [[NTR bus station|Guntur]], [[Pandit Nehru bus station|Vijayawada]] and [[Mangalagiri]] to this temple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apsrtc.gov.in/T_Guntur.aspx|title=Tourist Services in Guntur Region|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416174701/http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/T_Guntur.aspx|archive-date=16 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/rtc-to-operate-300-buses-to-siva-kshetrams/article5329207.ece|title=RTC to operate 300 buses to 'Siva Kshetrams|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref>

== Renovation ==

The [[Gopuram]] of the temple is renovated as it developed cracks in masonry due to the passage of [[Heavy equipment]]. It was rebuilt at a cost of Rs.1.56 crore. The former structure was renovated in 1796 by the local ruler [[Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/ancient-sculptures-found-in-amaravati/article7623259.ece|title=Ancient sculptures found in Amaravati|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> During this renovation ancient artifacts dating back 1800 years are found in the Foundation pits.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Amaralingeswara Temple}}
* [http://www.templenet.com/Andhra/amararama.html Amararama]

{{Pancharama Kshetras}}
{{Hindu Temples in Andhra Pradesh}}{{Amaravati topics}}
[[Category:Hindu temples in Guntur district]]
[[Category:Hindu holy cities]]
[[Category:Hindu pilgrimage sites in India]]

[[Category:Pancharama Kshetras]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Guntur district]]
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