Mallikarjuna Temple, Srisailam

Mallikarjuna, on the Nallamala hills above the Krishna river at Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, is the second of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Shiva is worshipped here as Mallikarjuna together with the goddess Bhramaramba — making Srisailam that rarity, a jyotirlinga and a Shakti pitha on one hill. The temple's fortified walls and gopurams carry the patronage of the Kakatiyas, the Reddi kings and Vijayanagara — Krishnadevaraya raised works here, and in 1667 Chhatrapati Shivaji endowed the northern gopuram, binding this southern hill to the swarajya's story.

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