Sacred location
(tirtha) and southern Indian temple town in Tiruchirappalli in the state of
Tamil Nadu, immediately across from Shrirangam's huge temple complex.
The temple in Jambukeshvar is dedicated to the deity Shiva
as "Lord of the Rose-Apple (jambu) Tree," and Shiva's picture is put
under one of these trees.
Jambukeshvar is also one of the five bhutalingas
("elemental lingas"), Shiva's holiest places in southern India.
Shiva is depicted as a linga, a pillar-shaped item that
represents Shiva's symbolic form, in each of these locations, and the linga is
said to be made from one of the five primordial elements (bhuta)—earth, wind,
fire, water, and space (akasha).
The linga is placed in a pool produced by a natural spring in Jambukeshvar, where Shiva's image is connected with water.
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