Pancha Bhuta Sthalam

The five basic elements in nature are - Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Aakash (Space)

These Pancha Bhoota Sthalams refer to the five Shiva temples which represent the manifestations of the above five elements. All these temples are located in South India – 4 in Tamil Nadu and 1 in Andhra Pradesh. It is believed that the above 5 elements are enshrined in the Shiva Lingas at these temples. The following chart refers to these five Sthalams

Elements	Shiva Linga	Temple	Name of Consort (Devi) of Shiva	Location
Earth	Prithvi Lingam	Ekambareshwar	Kamakshi	Kanchi-puram, TN
Water	Appu (Jambu) Lingam	Jambukeshwar	Akhilandeshwari	Thiruvanaikaval (near Trichy), TN
Fire	Agni Lingam	Arunachaleshwar	Unnamalai Devi	Thiruvannamalai, TN
Air	Vaayu Lingam	Srikalahasteeshwar	Jananaprasannamba	Srikalahastee, (near Tirupati), AP
Aakash (Space)	Aakash Lingam	Thillainata-raja	Sivakami	Chidambaram, TN

We will give a summary of these five shiva temples in our following articles.

Courtesy: Following sites

https://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/ and

https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/