Jaladheeswara Temple

Jaladheeswara Swamy Temple, popularly known as Sree Balaparvati Sametha Jalasheeswara Aalayam is in a village named Ghantasala in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.[1][2]

It is one of the more ancient temples, believed to exist before 2nd century A.D. The fact that Siva and Parvathi are placed on a single "peetam" (panavattamu) makes the temple different from many other ancient temples like Srisailam and Srikalahastri.

According to Dr. D. Kannababu, assistant superintendent, Archaeology Survey of India, "Jaladheeswara Temple was the fourth ancient temple in Andhra Pradesh. From the evidenced existing today, this temple existed before 2nd century A.D. This siva Lingam has similar features with some of the ancient temples like Gudimallem (Chittor district near Sri Kalahastri), Amarvati,Draksharamam."[3]

Salient features of the temple:

References

  1. Jaladheeswara Aalayam
  2. A. Vaidehi Krishnamoorthy (1970). Social and economic conditions in Eastern Deccan from A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1250. OCLC 109840.

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