Amararama temple or Amaralingeswara temple is
dedicated to Lord Shiva which is located in the town of Amaravati, Guntur,
state of Andhra Pradesh.
It is also located on southern bank of holy Krishna River.The holy Shivalingam at this temple is believed to
be installed by Lord Indra, the leader of all the deities.
It is one of the Pancharama Kshetras.The mythology of the temple was that during
Tarakasura vadha, it is said that the Shivalingam which was present on the throat of demon Tarakasura, was divided into five pieces. The Pancharama
Kshetras built in the places where the five pieces fell down.
Amararama Temple was renovated and expanded
further by Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu, the King of Chintapalli and later
Dharanikota, who was a great devotee of Lord Shiva.
The other mythology was that when Vasireddy
Venkatadri Naidu was in the course of putting down a revolt in his own land, he
got into a situation that he needs to have recourse to a massacre of the
Chenchus.
For that incident, he lost his mental peace,
which could recovered only when he visit Amaravati. Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu went to Amaravati
in the year 1796, and dedicated his entire life in Amaravati. He
spent his funds to construct temples for Lord Shiva and he appointed nine
archakas to perform rituals to Shivalingam at Amararama temple with providing
them sustenance.
