Sri Chalukya Kumararama Bhimeswara Swamy Temple

Sri Kumararama Bala Thiripurasundari Temple is one of Panja Rama Kshetram. 2000 years old temple. Once Tarakasura gave lot of hindrances to Devars on the instructions of Lord Vishnu Lord Subramanya fought with Tarakasura. Tarakasura wearing Athmalinga on his neck. Lord Subrahmanya broke the Athmalinga into 5 pieces and fell. Sri Subramanya concecrated one here hence Lord name Kumararama. The Moola Lingam is 12 foot tall. Devotees have to take Ground floor Linga Darshan and climb to first floor to have Lords darshan. Nicely built with 2 floors even the prakaram have 1+1 floor. Very well built temple. The Nandhi Bhagawan is very beautifully carved. Plenty of space for parking.

It is one among the Pancharama kshetra of lord Shiva in Samarlakota of Andhra Pradesh. Every Hindu must visit this temple.

Peaceful and Devine calmness, but appreciated if the temple authorities and the concerned state government can shift the waste dumping to some other far off place from residential areas especially temples, which would only results in damaging ground water as can be seen in the pictures. Pics are of Draksharaamam

What a beautiful Temple. Pure blessing. However the temple has to be renovated. right now the archaeology department is taking care. If the temple is left to its management and i think they can take good care of it.

Monumental,devotional, Architectural temple to visit. U have free,20rs ticket darshans. Whatever cost all have to god at last standing in same line. But free darshans need to made 4 roundups around temple

Great temple.. it is always gives us peace and pleasure to visit these ancient temple's

Old temple
12:30 to 4:15 pm close

Gayudu's feet fallen in this place. It is called padagaya

Lord Shiva very powerful and Very peaceful atmosphere and The temple is very old. This temple opposite to Samarlakota Railway station ( 1km). Kids will enjoy this location and traditional atmosphere.

The temple was built by Chalukya Kumara Rama during the end of 9th century as a celebration of his victories in more than 300 wars. A mantapam supported with one hundred pillars is built here along with Eka Shila Nandi (Single Stone Bull) at the temple entrance opposite to Shiva Lingam. Goddess Shri Bala Thripura Sundari is also worshipped in this temple.
Hara hara mahadev shambo shankara. 🙏

Its beautiful Shiva temple and well protected one. The temple was built between 892 to 922 AD, in the 9 th century, with great archetectural importance. It has with stood all weather conditions for the 1100 years. Great scupltors and beautiful carvings. Temple has 16 Feet length White Shiva lingam , we have to watch base from Ground floor and top from first floor. Built by Chalukya king Bhima. Temple has Pushkarni and Eka Shila Nandi. Take time and visit the temple. Spend more time and undetstand beauutiful archetecture . It's relegious and Historical place.

The most awe inspiring thing about this temple is it’s age. The temple was built in AD 972, 1048 years ago. Just think about that for a minute and let that sink in. Now take a look at all these pictures here. The amount of planning that went into constructing this temple becomes very apparent if you look around.

We were luck to visit the temple on a day when there weren’t many visitors. It gave us time and room to peacefully appreciate the grandeur of this ancient place of worship. One can only imagine how gorgeous this place must have looked like during its peak. Glad that the authorities are attentive enough to preserve this place.

One of most famous and oldest temple of Lord Shiva. Construction of it is amazing and very old architecture from Chalukya time.

There will be signboard clearly mentioning way to Darshan. Just ensure you follow that without any miss. You have temple of ammavaru, Kalabairava and lord shiva. The beauty of Shiva Linga is you should climb a floor up to see full Shiva Linga. It's pretty tall and nice. A very big Mahanandi facing opposite to Shiva Linga is an added attraction.

There is a Koneru where you can spend some 'Me Time' in silence, if you are lucky.

It was surprising but nice to see lot of couples were spending time in creating memories for life as part of their wedding in Photo Shoots.

All in all a very nice and serene place which you can definitely visit.

Oldest architecture temple.Government has to save such type of old monuments.

Samarlakota kumararam one of the pancharamam. Blessed to be there

ONE OF THE BIGGEST TEMPLES OF LORD SHIVA, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. AS PER WIKIPEDIA : Sri Chalukya Kumararama Sri Bhimeswaraswamy vari temple‘s presiding deity at this temple is Shiva, known as Kumara Bhimeswara. The most important festival in this temple is Maha Sivarathri. It was built by Chalukyas who reigned over this location and the construction of the temple started in 892 and completed around 922 and The linga is in limestone, 14 feet (4.3 m) high and Balatripura sundari is the Goddess here.

It is similar to the temple in Draksharamam, but is also unique, such as the linga being white.

The temple was made a National Heritage Site. It resembles a twin of Draksharam, with two staired Mandapa.

In Puranas it has been written that it is a Yogakshetram, which means, the person who has the "yogam" ("fated to have" or "opportunity given by god" or "boon") to visit, will visit the temple.

Huge and historical temple with huge history.

Excellent ambiance with pleasent environment. Maintenance is good.
There is big ground to park your vehicle's and there is no parking fee.
There is also a lake to take a holy dip.

Kumararama or Bhimarama, also known as Chalukya Kumararama Bhimeswara Temple, is a Dravidian-style architectural marvel dating back to the 9th century AD. The Bhimavara Kshetram, housing the renowned Kumarama – Bhimesvara temple, was formerly known as Chalukya Bhimavaram, as indicated by temple inscriptions. This temple, part of the five Pancharama Kshetras dedicated to Lord Shiva, is situated in East Godavari district, Samarlkota. Yhe other four are Amararama in Amaravati, Draksharama in Draksharama, Ksheerarama in Palakollu, and Somarama in Bahimavaram.

This temple remains resilient and is recognized as a national heritage site. It has a remarkable Ekasila Nandi, a single-stone mount of Nandi. Its main entrance, known as Surya Dwaram. It showcases exquisite Chalukya craftsmanship, allowing devotees to view Lord Shiva from both ground and top floors.

One of the temples of Pancharama shiv Kshetras in Andhra Pradesh
Great sculpture and good ambiance anyone can relax peacefully during shiv darshan

umararama or Bhimarama (Chalukya Kumararama Bhimeswara Temple) is one of the five Pancharama Kshetras that are sacred to the Hindu god Shiva
This temple is built in Dravidian style architecture in 9th century AD. The temple till now still strong and it made the national heritage site.
This temple has a special Nandi idol and mounts Lord Shiva called Ekasila Nandi that is made up of a single stone. The temple main entrance of this temple called Surya Dwaram
The Kumararama Bhimeswara Temple opens from 06:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 04:00 PM to 08:00 PM
But every month on the day of Maha Shivaratri and Maha Shivaratri days temple is opened all the time as 06:00 AM to 08:00 PM