Murudeshwar Temple!

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Murudeshwar Temple!

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• Murudeshwar, being another name of the Hindu God
  is a town in the Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada
  district in the state of Karnataka that holds the
  worlds second tallest statue of Lord Shiva.
• Famous for the Murudeshwara Temple here, the
  bewitching point is the Raja Gopuram that is 20
  storied tall covering average feet 237feet at the
  entrance of the temple and the Arabian Seat that
  is encircled on all the three sides of the
  temple.
• This temple view is one of the gripping points to
  consider here because of its scenic significance
  of the shore.
• Built on a small hillock named Kanduka, the prime
  sanctum of the temple holds the same quaint
  flavor with its exteriors renovated in
  contemporary style.

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• Right below the idol is a small cave that is dark
  most of the times and besides it, is a shrine
  dedicated to Shaneeshwara.
• Also, at the foot of the statue is a temple
  devoted to Shri Rameshwara. All these are
  enclosed within the Raja Gopuram where there are
  two elephant statues that are believed to guard
  the temple.

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The significance of the Temple

• It is believed that Lord Shiva had given the Atma
  Linga to Ravana and the cloth covering the Linga
  was thrown at this spot.
• This temple is believed to be Shivas one of the
  Pancha Kshetras with the remaining four to be
  Dharmasthala, Nanjanagud, Gokarna, and
  Dhareshwara.
• Another noticing point is the mammoth statue of
  the Lord that is erected in such a way that the
  suns first rays fall on it.
• The Gopuram that is on its exterior is said to be
  the second tallest Gopurams of all in the world
  with the first being the Srirangam Temple in
  Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

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The Temples Chronicles

• Every temple has an etymology and the chronicle
  of this temple dates back to the era of Ramayana
  where the demon king Ravana was tricked to save
  the world from him creating havoc.
• The Atma Linga belongs to Shri Maheshwara and all
  gods pray to the Linga to attain immortality.
• Knowing this, King Ravana did his penance for
  acquiring the Linga and Mahadeva had granted him
  but Narada on knowing the after consequences of
  the demon kings acquisition approached Lord
  Ganesha and explained him the scenario.

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• So, to confiscate the Lingam from him, Mahavishnu
  blotted out the sun to give the appearance of the
  dusk and eventually Ravana would perform the
  evening ritual but with the Atma Linga in hand,
  he was thinking to whom to give Lingam.
• Sri Vinayaka tricked him by saying that he would
  call Ravana thrice and if doesnt respond then he
  would keep the Linga down.
• He did as said and after Ravana coming to know
  what had happened, tried to uproot and destroy
  the linga.
• Because of the force exerted by him, the head of
  the Linga got scattered to the present place
  Surathkal and the cloth covering the Linga to the
  present place Murudeshwar.

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