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High medieval · Hindu · India

Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple

కాళేశ్వర ముక్తేశ్వర దేవాలయం

Kaleshwaram, Jayashankar, Telangana · 18.8118°, 79.9040°

Shiva as Kaleshwara Mukteshwara, twin lingas of Shiva and YamaUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Kaleshwaram in Bhupalpally district, counted among the three lingas that give Trilinga Desam its name. Its sanctum is unusual in holding two lingas on a single pedestal, identified with Shiva and with Yama, and pilgrims worship Ganesha, then Yama, then Shiva in that order.

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Sources

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