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Maheswaram Shivalayam also known as Shivaganga temple is one of the historical temple dated back to 16th century.This temple is located in Rangareddy district Maheswaram Mandal. Today Wednesday 2 March 2011 is Mahashivaratri and there are special POOJA during the importance of the festival. The temple is very beautiful and situated in the middle of Koneru thus, given the name SHIVAGANGA. History websites show that this temple was built by Akkanna and Madanna during 1670's and later-on the temple was partially destroyed by Aurangajeb's military (sainyam) in 1686. The bottom floor is knonw as Matha Rajarjeswari Aalayam and the floor over it at ground level is that of Lord Shiva. The orginal shivalingam and Matha RajaRajeswari probably have been ruined. The idols we see today have been installed by Govt of India Endowments deapartment in the year 2001.

There are regular tokens 150/- for abhishekam but, the process takes much longer as there is Que for the same. Being a festival day, devotees are attending for Pooja but, there is not that much crowd at 8:30AM.