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The land of theTelugu people was referred to, during ancient times, asĀndhra dēśa (country of Andhra) andTrilingadēśa (country of Trilinga).[1] The wordTelugu isbelieved to have been derived fromtrilinga, as inTrilinga Desha, "the country of the three lingas". According to aHindu chronicle, LordShiva descended aslinga on three mountains which marked the boundaries of the Telugu country, namelyKaleshwaram inTelangana,Srisailam inRayalaseema andBhimeswaram, also known as Draksharamam, inCoastal Andhra. It was also believed that the word Telangana derived fromTelingana, Telinga,Trilinga.[2]
InAndhra Kaumudi, a Telugu grammar book, it was mentioned thatAndhra Vishnu, having built an immense wall connecting the three mountains with the Mahendra hills, formed in it three gates, in which the three-eyedIshwara, bearing the trident in his hand and attended by a host of divinities, resided in the form of three lingams. Āndhra Viṣṇu assisted by divine angels having fought with the great giant Nishambhu for thirteenyugas killed him in battle and took up his residence with the sages on the banks of the riverGodavari, since which time the Telugu country has been named Trilingam.[3]
"Trilinga" changed to "Telinga" over time and gradually again to "Telangana". Usage of "Telangana" came to distinguish the predominantly Telugu-speaking region of the erstwhileHyderabad State from its predominantlyMarathi-speaking one,Marathwada. After Asaf Jahis ceded the Seemandhra region to the British, the rest of theTelugu region retained the name Telangana and the other parts were called Madras Presidency's Circars and Ceded.[4]
| Kshetram | Presiding Deity | District | Region | State |
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| Kaleshwaram | Kaleshwara Mukteeshwara Swamy | Jayashankar Bhupalpally | Telangana | Telangana |
| Bhimeswaram (Draksharamam) | Bhimeswara Swamy | Konaseema | Coastal Andhra | Andhra Pradesh |
| Srisailam | Mallikarjuna Swamy | Nandyal | Rayalaseema | Andhra Pradesh |
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