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Chaya Someswara Temple

ఛాయా సోమేశ్వరాలయం

Panagal, Telangana · 17.0775°, 79.2953°

Shiva (Someshwara)Kunduru ChodaDravidian
Sacred since
1040 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
mid-11th c. (Kunduru Chodas)
Kunduru Choda

History & significance

A three-shrine temple at Panagal built under the Kunduru Chodas around the middle of the eleventh century, with subsidiary sanctums for Vishnu and Surya. Its pillars are set so that a shadow falls constantly across the linga through the day, giving the temple its name; it was restored after falling into ruin in the twentieth century.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kunduru Choda