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High medieval · Hindu · India

Jaladheeswara Temple

Ghantasala, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh · 16.1696°, 80.9444°

Shiva as Jaladheeswara, with ParvatiUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Ghantasala in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, unusual in placing Shiva and Parvati together on a single peetam. The temple's own history carries its origin back beyond the 2nd century CE.

Sthala katha — the legend

The peetam is said to have been set up by the sage Agastya, and the Skanda Purana is cited as promising that darshan here equals that of the twelve jyotirlingas and eighteen shakti peethas together.

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Sources

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