Mukteshwara Swamy Temple

Kaleshwaram is the site of the famous Shiva temple called "Kaleswara muktheswara swamy", which is on the border of

theIndian states of Telangana and Maharashtra.

Kaleswaram is located exactly at the merging point of the River Pranahita (tributary of Godavari) and the Godavari River.


The Mukteshwara Swamy Temple is uniquely significant because of the two Shiva Lingas that are found on a single

pedestal. They are named Lord Shiva and Lord Yama, collectively known as Kaleswara Mukteswara Swamy.

Kaleswaram is one of the locations of the three Shiva temples mentioned in Trilinga Desham (Land of Three Lingams)

and is another name for the Telugu-speaking region of Andhra Pradesh. (The other two locations mentioned are

Draksharamam and Srishailam.)

Kaleswaram is also called Dakshina Triveni Sangamam, as two rivers meet here along with a third, the illusionary flow

of Antarvaahini. It is said[by whom?] that a long time ago one of the Vaishyas had performed an abhisheka to Kaleswara

Mukteswara with hundreds of milk pots, and the milk evolved at the sangamam of Godavari and Pranahita, hence the

name Dakshina Gangotri (the other being Allahabad, or Prayaga).