Sri Bheemalingeshwara Temple
8XXQ+J22, Kaiwara, Karnataka 563128, India
Monday: 6–21
Tuesday: 6–21
Wedneasday: 6–21
Thursday: 6–21
Friday: 6–21
Saturday: 6–21
Sunday: 6–21
Tuesday: 6–21
Wedneasday: 6–21
Thursday: 6–21
Friday: 6–21
Saturday: 6–21
Sunday: 6–21
The temple has 4 more shrines of shiva lingas installed by remaining pandavas also. The kaiwara thathayyaa has repeated quoted with reverence this central Bhimalingeshwara swamy.
This temple is very quite and peaceful. There is no seperate parking place, but it can be parked in-front of the temple.
Legend says that while the Pandavas were in exile for alms, this is the place which was referred to as Ekachakra pura.
This is the place where demon by name Bakasura was killed in the nearby cave on the hill and closed the entrance of the cave with huge boulders. You can see the footprints both Bhima and the demon also on the hill if you treck to the hills.
In order to cleanse the sun of killing a demon Bhima decided install a shivling in the downhill. That is the reason the temple is called Bheemalingeshwara temple. Other Pandavas also followed Bheema and installed a shiv linga. The five temples are located in the same premises but dedicated to each of them is earmarked distinctly.
The timings and some other information furnished on the website is sometimes misleading depending on the website. The temple in fact closes by 11:30 AM and it is said that it opens only at about 4 o'clock. You can also find that there is no prasadam being served in the temple premises as claimed on the website. It might be possible that the temple is open and the prasadam being served on festival days.
In the age of the Mahabharat, Kaivara was known as Ekachakrapuram. This where the Pandavas are believed to have lived after their home built of lac was burned down.
A wicked demon, Bakasura lived in the region and was terrorizing the locals. Bheema killed this demon while the Pandavas were living here. After killing the demon, Bheema performed penance at the site of the temple by consecrating a Shiva linga at the spot. He then constructed a temple around this linga.
Kaiwara also has a close association with the poet, Narayanappa. He was also known as Kaivara Thatayya. Proficient in Telegu and Kannada, he composed a number of kirtans honoring Lord Vishnu who is believed to reside in the Amara Narayanaswami temple.