Erakeswara Temple, Suryapet

Erakeswara Temple is a Saivite Hindu temple located in the western side of Pillalamarri village, Suryapet district of Telangana, India. The temple was built on the banks of the Musi river in c. 1208 CE by Erakasani, the wife of Bēti Reddi of the Recherla family who were the feudatories of Kakatiyas. Erakeswara Temple is one among the four prominent and intricately carved stone and granite temples located in Pillalamarri village—the other three are about 250 metres east of the Erakeswara temple. These include the double temples next to each other: Parvati-Mahadeva Nameswara Temple and Trikuteshwara Temple; and the third being the Chennakeshava Temple in ruins that is a few hundred feet southwest of the double temples. They are all from 12th to early 13th century period. ()