Shree Mahaballeswara Temple :
Shree Mahaballeswara Temple, Gokarna is a sacred pilgrimage site located at the western coast of India, Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka .
Mahaballeswara Shiva temple is said to be next in sanctity only to the Vishwanath Siva Temple in Varanasi.
Shree Mahaballeswara Temple is often called Kashi of the South. Hindus come here to perform the death rites of their departed ancestors.
Lord Chaitanya came here and visited the temple of Lord Shiva. The mythology of this place is as; Lord Rudra (another name of Lord Shiva) was sent to Patalaloka by Lord Brahma to undergo penance.
He eventually came up through the ear of mother Earth and blessed her with the name of Gokarna (cow) and Karna (ear). Thus, this place served Rudra as a womb. It is also known as Rudra and Adi Gokarna.
As time passed, Rudra collected the essence (shakti) of all of Brahma's creations as well as His and created a golden deer having four legs, three eyes, and three horns. Eventually the three horns (representing the three guna-avalaras) were placed at Puskhar (Brahma), Saligram (Vishnu), and Gokarna (Shiva). These places are known as Siddhi Kshetras.
Ravana desired to possess Siva's powerful horn-linga, also known as Pranalinga or Atma-linga. So Ravana performed great penance and received the linga in a box at Mount Kailasha. He then headed south with the powerful linga on the condition that wherever he placed the linga on the ground, it would remain permanently rooted. Upon the request of the demigods, Lord Vishnu contrived a means to trick Ravana through Ganesh, disguised as a brahmachari. Eventually the Atma-linga was placed at Gokarna, rooted all the way through to Sapta Patala and became known as Mahaballeshwar (maha - great and bal-strength).
Shree Mahaballeswara Temple, Gokarna is a sacred pilgrimage site located at the western coast of India, Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka .
Mahaballeswara Shiva temple is said to be next in sanctity only to the Vishwanath Siva Temple in Varanasi.
Shree Mahaballeswara Temple is often called Kashi of the South. Hindus come here to perform the death rites of their departed ancestors.
Lord Chaitanya came here and visited the temple of Lord Shiva. The mythology of this place is as; Lord Rudra (another name of Lord Shiva) was sent to Patalaloka by Lord Brahma to undergo penance.
He eventually came up through the ear of mother Earth and blessed her with the name of Gokarna (cow) and Karna (ear). Thus, this place served Rudra as a womb. It is also known as Rudra and Adi Gokarna.
As time passed, Rudra collected the essence (shakti) of all of Brahma's creations as well as His and created a golden deer having four legs, three eyes, and three horns. Eventually the three horns (representing the three guna-avalaras) were placed at Puskhar (Brahma), Saligram (Vishnu), and Gokarna (Shiva). These places are known as Siddhi Kshetras.
Ravana desired to possess Siva's powerful horn-linga, also known as Pranalinga or Atma-linga. So Ravana performed great penance and received the linga in a box at Mount Kailasha. He then headed south with the powerful linga on the condition that wherever he placed the linga on the ground, it would remain permanently rooted. Upon the request of the demigods, Lord Vishnu contrived a means to trick Ravana through Ganesh, disguised as a brahmachari. Eventually the Atma-linga was placed at Gokarna, rooted all the way through to Sapta Patala and became known as Mahaballeshwar (maha - great and bal-strength).
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