Murudeshwar (Murdeshwar) Temple (Murudeshwara)

India / Karnataka / Bhatkal / Murudeshwara / Murudeshwar Railway Station
Murudeshwar Temple at Mavalli, Few kms from Bhatkal.
1 km from Murudeshwar Railway Station. 250 km from Hubli
Here lies World's Largest Shiv Idol.
This place is very ideal place for picnic, where a temple, world's wonder Idol and a Beautiful Beach and that too 1 km from a Railway Station.
The Murudeshwar temple situated atop a small hill called Kanduka Giri is a Major Tourist Attraction. The two inscriptions found in the ancient temple paves way for the reasons behind the construction of Nandi Mantapa, assumed to be in 1542 AD by the Devaraya II Raj of Vijayanagar. The temple depicts the Chalukyas and Kadambaas sculptures in the Dravidian style and is believed to be located on the spot where Ravana flung the cloth covering the Atma Linga at Gokarana while lifting it. Surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Arabian Sea, the Murudeshwar temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva with a 20-storied Raja Gopura on the temple. As one ascends the hillock, there is a shrine of Jattiga seated on a horse and two life-size elephants in concrete stand guard at the steps leading to the temple
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Coordinates:   14°5'37"N   74°29'5"E

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