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{{Location map+|India|alt=Locations of the Pancha Bhuta Sthalam
|places=
{{location map~ |India|lat=30.7352|long=79.06|label= [[Kedarnath Temple|Kedarnath]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=18.81187|long=79.54|label= [[Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple|Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=13.7494|long=79.69|label= [[Srikalahasteeswara Temple|Srikalahasteeswara]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=12.8475|long=79.70|label= [[Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)|Ekambareswarar]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=12.2316|long=79.06|label= [[Arunachalesvara Temple|Annamalaiyar]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=10.8534|long=78.70|label= [[Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval|Jambukeswarar]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=11.3994|long=79.69|label= [[Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram|Nataraja]]|position=right}}
{{location map~ |India|lat=9.2881|long=79.31|label= [[Ramanathaswamy Temple]]|position=left}}
|caption=Temple locations|float=right|width=300}}

'''Shiv Shakti Aksh Rekha''' also known as '''Shiv Aksh Rekha''' is a straight geographical line (79°E Longitude) in [[India]], it consist of 8 [[Shiva]] temples of [[Ancient history|ancient period]]. The temples were constructed on the same parallel line to aligned on the single Longitude "79°E" located between [[Kedarnath]] in the [[North India|North]] to [[Rameshwaram]] in the [[South India]], five of these temples represent the [[Pancha Bhuta Sthalam]].<ref name="Kulkarni">{{cite web|title=79° Longitude Aligns Us Global Citizens With An Invisible Thread Using God's Positioning System (GPS)|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/business-spotlight/79-longitude-aligns-us-global-citizens-with-an-invisible-thread-using-god-s-positioning-system-gps-gumpanpally-santosh-kulkarni-news-295282|work=Outlook India|last=Kulkarni|first=Gumpanpally Santosh|date=16 June 2023|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="TDJI">{{cite web|title=Eight ancient Shiva temples on the same Longitude|url=https://www.thedecorjournalindia.com/eight-ancient-shiva-temples-on-the-same-longitude|date=20 October 2021|work=The Décor Journal India|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref> Though not an ancient temple, the [[Ramappa Temple]] constructed in the year {{CE|1213}}, is also a Shiva temple in [[Warangal]], [[Telangana]] which is constructed on the same Longitude, In the year 2021, Ramappa Temple was declared as a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Telangana's Ramappa Temple becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/telangana-ramappa-temple-becomes-unesco-world-heritage-site-7422644/ |access-date=20 August 2023|website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="UNESCO">{{Cite web|title=Kakatiya Rudreswara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1570/ |access-date=20 August 2023|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre}}</ref>

Constructed 4,000 years ago, these temples are spread over {{Convert|2383|km|abbr=on}} apart from each other with a distance of hundreds of kilometers. The temples are: [[Kedarnath Temple]]; [[Uttarakhand]], [[Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple]]; [[Telangana]], [[Srikalahasteeswara Temple]]; Andhra Pradesh, [[Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)|Ekambareswarar Temple]], [[Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval|Jambukeswara Temple]], [[Arunachalesvara Temple|Annamalaiyar Temple]], [[Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram|Nataraja Temple]] and [[Ramanathaswamy Temple]]; [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="TDJI"/><ref name="saililesh">{{cite book|title=Geometry of the Hindu Temples-Geometrical Foundations of Hindu Temples|url=https://www.google.ae/books/edition/GEOMETRY_OF_HINDU_TEMPLES_Geometrical_Fo/u8SxEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Salilesh|year=2022|pages=7–12|isbn=9798888102046|publisher=Writers Republic LLC|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Lavanya">{{cite book|title=Hinduism in Middle India Narasimha, The Lord of the Middle|url=https://www.google.ae/books/edition/Hinduism_in_Middle_India/0PqKEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=|page=83|last=Vemsani|first=Lavanya|year=2022|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781350138520|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>

==List of famous temples==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#FFC569"
| '''Temple'''
| '''Photo'''
| '''Location'''
| '''Details'''
|-
| [[Kedarnath Temple]]
| [[File:Kedarnath Temple.jpg|200px]]
| [[Kedarnath]] {{coord|30|44|6.7|N|79|4|0.9|E}}
| It is one of the twelve ''[[jyotirlinga]]'' of [[Shiva]].
|-
| [[Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple|Kaleshwara Temple]]
| [[File:Kaleswaram.jpg|200px]]
| [[Kaleshwaram]] {{coord|18|48|43|N|79|54|14|E}}
| The temple is significant because of the two Shiva lingas that are found on a single pedestal.
|-
| [[Ramappa Temple]]
| [[File:Ramappa Temple (Human Scale).jpg|200px]]
| [[Warangal]] {{coord|18|15|33|N|79|56|36|E|}}
| Though not an ancient temple, but it is renowned for its architecture for which it was declared as a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref name="UNESCO"/>
|-
| [[Srikalahasteeswara Temple]]
| [[File:Sri Kala Hasti.jpg|200px]]
| [[Kanchipuram]] {{coord|13|44|58|N|79|41|54|E}}
| It is one of the most famous Shiva temples in [[South India]].
|-
| [[Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)|Ekambareswarar Temple]]
| [[File:Ekambareswarar5.jpg|200px]]
| [[Kanchipuram]] {{coord|12|50|51|N|79|42|00|E}}
| Shiva is worshiped as Ekambareswarar or Ekambaranathar,
|-
| [[Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval|Jambukeshwarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval]]
| [[File:Tiruvanaikaval22.jpg|200px]]
| [[Thiruvanaikaval]], near [[Trichy]] {{coord|10|51|12|N|78|42|20|E}}
| The sanctum of Jambukeswara has an underground water stream and in
|-
| [[Arunachaleswara Temple]]
| [[File:Tiruvannamalai Temple.jpg|200px]]
| [[Thiruvannamalai]] {{coord|12|13|31.02|N|79|4|28.91|E}}
| Shiva is worshiped as Arunachalesvara or Annamalaiyar, and is represented by the ''[[lingam]]'',
|-
| [[Srikalahasteeswara temple|SriKalahasti temple]]
| [[File:Sri Kala Hasti.jpg|200px]]
| [[Kalahasthi]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] {{coord|13|44|58|N|79|41|54|E}}
| Kalahasthi is one of the most famous [[Shiva temple]]s in South India,
|-
| [[Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram|Thillai Natarajar Temple]]
| [[File:Pond in chidambaram temple .jpg|200px]]
| [[Chidambaram]] {{coord|11|23|58|N|79|41|36|E}}
| Chidambaram, the name of the city and the temple literally means "atmosphere of wisdom" or "clothed in thought",
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Shiva temples in India]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in India]]
[[Category:Hindu mythology| ]]

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