Shambhu
Lingeshwara Temple
at t Panagal near Nalgonda town had gone underwater with the rise in the water
in the Udaya Samudram balancing reservoir. The temple is more than 1000 years
old and had gone underwater around five years ago during a flood.
The New Indian Express reports
The ‘kala shilpam’ of the Shambhu Lingeshwara Swamy
indicates that it was constructed by the Kundur Chola kings sometime during
1040- 1290.
The temple went under the Udaya Samudram reservoir five
years ago during a flood. No initiative was taken then to shift the temple
idols to high ground.
The people of Chandanapally village told The Sunday Standard
that the temple was built at the same time as the Chaya Someshwara temple and
Pacchala Someshwara temple at Panagal village.
The temple is consecrated to Lord Shiva and Nandi, his
vehicle, sentinel and acolyte. The Shila Shasanam inscription is engraved on
the temple floor and local people feel that if the inscriptions can be decoded,
the historicity of the temple can be ascertained.
The villagers urged the endowments and archaeology
departments to take up an initiative to rebuild the temple elsewhere in the
village, as it likely to go under water again when the gates of the upstream
Alimineti Madhava Reddy Project (AMRP) are opened to meet the drinking water
needs of people.