The Aalayas of Andhra Pradesh
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DRAKSHARAMAM

TARAKASURA EPISODE

According to legends, this kshetra came to be known as Daksharam on the death of Tarakasura at the hands of Subrahmanya, the redoubtable Chief-Marshal of the celestial armies. That formidable demon Taraka was wearing on his person a big size Siva linga, as a mark of his achanchala devotion to Lord Siva, being a Sivabhakta of high order. When he was brought down by Subrahmanya's potent lance, hurled against his chest bearing the golden casket encasing the Sivalinga, it at once broke into five pieces and fell at five different and distant places, and became auspicious kshetras. And they were called the pancharamas - Amararamam, Ksheeramam, Somaramam, Draksharamam and Bhimaramam. Later, each was dedicated to Lord Siva under different names, with installation of archamurthis by high divinities, like Devendra making Amareswara Vigraha Pratishta in Amareswaraswamy Aalayam in Amararamam now goes by the name of Amaravathi; Someswara Vigraha by the Moon-god Chandra in Someswaralayam in Somaramarn, now called Gunupudi; Ramalingeswara vigraha by Sri Rama in Ramalingeswaralayam in Ksheraramam, now called Palakollu; Kumarabhimeswara vigraha by Kumaraswamy in Kumarabhimeswaralayam in Kumararamarn, now called Samalkota; and the last being Draksharama, where the Swayambhu Linga was installed by Vyasa in Bhimeswaralayam now called Draksharamam. These five kshetra:s were deemed highly holy, and so celestials chose them for habitation. Dhaksha made Daksharamam as his abode and hence called Daksharamam, and perhaps an account of the bumper crops of grapes grown on this soil, it was fittingly called Draksharamam later.

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About Draksharamam
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Antiquity
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The Temple
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