Amaravati is also known as Punyakshetra. When Subramanya killed the demon Tarakasura, the Shivalingam in his throat broke and fell in five different spots, which became the Pancharama kshetras. The foremost of these is Amareswara at Amaravati where Indra and the Devas are believed to have worshipped Shiva.

Amareswaram is considered sacred because of three things, the Krishna River, an important Kshetra with a Sthalamahatyam and the Sri Mahalinga Murthy, which are three sacred principles embodied in one.

It was also the capital of Satavahanas, the first great Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, after the downfall of Maurya empire.

Lord Shiva, present in the form of a 15 ft. high white marble Shiva lingam. The temple is surrounded by 4 high gopuras built in typical Dravidian style.

According to Vajrayana traditional sources the Buddha preached at Dharanikota/Dhanyakatakam and conducted Kalachakra ceremony, which would take the antiquity of Amaravati back to 500 BCE.

The Amaravati Buddhist sculptures are world-famous. Slabs with Buddhist inscriptions were found in its groundwork, the temple is said to have been a Buddhist shrine in the previous times.

విజయవాడ దగ్గర అమరావతిలో అమరలింగేశ్వర స్వామి ని చూసారా, క్రుష్ణా నది ఒడ్డున. పంచారామాలు లో ఇది ఒకటి. మిగతా నాలుగు, ద్రాక్షారామం , సోమారామ భీమవరం, క్షీరారామ పాలకొల్లు, కుమార రామ సామర్లకోట.

>City(s) = Amaravati; State(s) = AP; Country = India.
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