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Draksharama temple town-AP
Draksharama is a temple in East Godavari District, Andhra
Pradesh in South India.Draksharama temple is one of the Five
Powerful temples of Lord shiva, known as
Pancharama Kshetram
he Siva deit! is known as Bhimesvara Swamy . he temple is
situated on the eastern "ank of Godavari #iver . he consort of Lord
$himesvara is %anik!am"a. Accordin& tolocal "elief the Siva
lin&a at the temple was installed and esta"lished "! the
&od Sur!a . %aha Shivaratri , Devi 'avaratrulu, (arthika %asam,
and Dhanurmasam are the mainfestivals cele"rated at this temple
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Accordin& to local le&end, the temple was "uilt "!
an&els in one ni&ht. he constructionof the perimeter wall
could not "e completed "efore sunrise and still stands
incomplete.Several attempts have "een made to construct the
uncompleted part of the wall "ut allthose efforts have failed with
the constructed wall collapsin& within a few months.
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As per the Government of India, the temple construction was
started in mid + AD andcompleted somewhere around the --th centur!.
he construction of the temple is amarvel, consistin& of a two
staired mandapa and two walls, one inside of the other. heinner
temple /Gar"haala!a0 made it a ver! profound and cultural work of
architecture inthose times. Its architecture is still a li"rar! for
students of architecture. he ventilation of the inner temple is
impressive. he temple is alwa!s full of li&ht and air with ver!
&oodventilation. he temple1s two stair mandapa is impressive,
and the pillars in the templeare skillfull! and delicatel! carved.
%an! Shasanas /2fficial 3 4istorical #e&istr!5hronicles0 have
"een written on the stone walls of the temple from time to time,
from
le&ions of 5hola 3 Sathavahanas to 6i7a!ana&ra 3 #edd!
(in&doms that ruled overcenturies. he scripts are Dravidian ,
amil , Devana&ri , and elu&u scripts in "othSanskrit and
elu&u lan&ua&es.
- + Shivite temples were "uilt after + around this temple in a
radius of 8 kilometers.Some purohits have this list.
he villa&e is called Dakshina (asi. he Siva Lin&a in
this temple is said to "e one lar&ecr!stal which is 9.: meters
hi&h. Shiva is accompanied "! Daksha!ani, who is the firstwife
of Shiva /also the dau&hter of Daksha , and therefore named
Daksha!ani0.%anik!am"a &oddess, said to "e one part of the -+
pieces of Sati Devi that fell here, is a
Shakti Peetha . It has one of the world1s lon&est siva
lin&a.he inner sanctorium has a pedestal "uilt for the archakas
to perform rituals. he inner
sanctorium is ver! dark, so much that one cannot see without a
some sort of li&ht.Le&ends sa! that the inner walls of the
temple were once filled with diamonds that
provided the re;uired li&ht.
