UMAMAHESWARAM - UMAMAHESWARA AALAYAM

This is called the northern portal of Srisailam, and the premier Saiva kshetra enshrining one of the twelve jyotirlingas according to the priest. It is a hill temple, built by Kalyana Chalukyas in the seventh century itself.

The Sthalapurana says that Mother Parvathi did penance here, propitiating Lord Siva and in the end married Him in accordance with her wish in the presence of Saptamaharshis. The oddity of the hill is - it is crescent shaped and contains Aalayas both upon it and at its foot. This Aalaya is described as Guptamaheswaram in literary treatises.

It lies in the town of Uma Maheswaram of Achchampet taluk of Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.

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