Shiva as Bhimeswara SwamyUndetermined—Maha Shakti PeethaPancharamaShakti Peetha
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the five Pancharama Kshetras of Shiva, in the Konaseema district village formerly called Dakshatapovana or Dakshavatika. Eight lingas consecrated around it in the eight directions are known as the Ashta Someswaras.