The Sangameswara temple is an ancient temple in the Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. It is located near Muchumarri village at the confluence of the Krishna and Bhavanasi rivers, in the foreshore of the Srisailam reservoir,[2] where it is submerged for part of the time, surfacing when the water level recedes to a sufficient degree.[3] It was first submerged after the Srisailam Dam was constructed in 1981, and first surfaced in 2003.[1]
The temple's wooden Lingam, Sangameswaram, is believed to have been installed by Dharmaraja,The temple is considered a place of religious sanctity due to being built at the confluence of seven rivers i.e, Bhavanasi, Krishna River and five rivers that merge into it beforehand, namely, Veni, Tunga, Bhadra, Bheemarathi and Malapaharini. recently the Beemalingama was founded in river.
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