Kaleshwaram

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| subdivision_name3 = [[Jayashankar Bhupalpally district|Bhupalpally]]
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'''Kaleshwaram''' is a village in [[Mahadevpur]] [[Mandal]] in [[Jayashankar Bhupalpally district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]]. This name refers more broadly to the state of [[Telangana]] & Kaleshwaram Temple.

Kaleshwaram is at the juncture of the rivers Godavari and its Pranahita tributary. It is 277 kilometres from [[Hyderabad]], 125 kilometres from [[Karimnagar]], 115 kilometres from [[Warangal]], 95 kilometres from [[Ramagundam railway station]], 90 kilometres from [[Godavarikhani]], 75 kilometres from [[Parkal]] and 60 kilometres from [[Manthani]]. This place is also popularly known as second Kashi or southern Indian Kashi. It is 16.5 kilometres from Sironcha, Maharashtra.

==Legend==
Legend claims that a long time ago, a Vaishya had performed an ''Abhisheka'' to Lord Kaleshwara Mukteswara with hundreds of milk pots, and the milk evolved at the ''sangamam'' of Godavari and Pranahita.

==Transport==
Tsrtc Bus services are available from [[Hyderabad]], [[Godavarikhani]], [[Warangal]], [[Parkal]], [[Karimnagar]], [[Manthani]], and [[Peddapalli, Peddapalli district|Peddapalli]].
Mainly [[Godavarikhani]], [[Bhupalpalle|Bhupalpally]], [[Manthani]], [[Hanamakonda]] bus depots run buses.

==Theology==
The name KALESHWARA indicates KALA(Who takes life(Death)) means Yama and ESHWARA(who gives life) means Shiva. This is a rare combination as the Life and Death are at same place. which is strong evidence that Life and Death are not different, they are Same.

==Temple==
{{main|Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple}}
[[File:Kaleswaram.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple]], Mahadevpur Mandal]]
It is the site of a temple of the [[Hindu]] god [[Shiva]]. The temple is significant because of the two Shiva Lingas that are found on a single pedestal. These Linga are named Lord Shiva and Lord [[Yama]]. Collectively, they are known as Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy. Kaleshwaram is one of three Shiva temples mentioned in Trilinga Desham, or "Land of Three Lingas."

The holy place draws tourists during the [[Kartika (month)|Karthika]] Month of the Indian Calendar, 16 November – 15 December. Holy baths are held during 6–17 of December. People who bathe here first visit [[Lord Ganesha]], then pray to Lord Yama and then to Lord Shiva.
[[File:Kanyaka Temple FRONT.jpg|alt=Vasavi kanyaka Parameshwari temple, Kaleshwaram|thumb|176x176px|Vasavi kanyaka Parameshwari temple, Kaleshwaram]]
In Year 2018 March a new temple '''Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari temple''' was opened near Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple. Adjacent to it we have a new Nitya Anna Dhana Vysya Satram too. Temple is funded and built by Rajaiah and Satyavathi Devi Daram. Everyday rituals are being performed by priests.

==Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project==

The [[Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project]] is a major irrigation project that was started in 2016. The massive project is intended to meet the irrigation needs of nearly three-fourths of Telangana with its headworks taken up at a cost of ₹ 80500 crore.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chandrashekhar|first=B.|date=2019-06-20|title=Kaleshwaram to make a date with history today|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/kaleshwaram-to-make-a-date-with-history-today/article28089693.ece|access-date=2021-03-10|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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==Kaleshwaram==
* [http://kaleshwaramtemple.in Visit www.KaleshwaramTemple.in – Kaleshwaram Devasthanam – Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Devasthanam ]
*[https://traveltimings.in/hyderabad-kaleshwaram/ Visit https://traveltimings.in/hyderabad-kaleshwaram/ – For Hyderabad to Kaleshwaram Bus Timings – For Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Devasthanam ]
*[https://www.kaleshwaramproject.com The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project website]

{{Trilinga Kshetras}}

[[Category:Villages in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district]]

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