Famous Murudeshwara Temple Of Karnataka, India

Murudeshwar temple is present in the Murudeshwar, which is situated in Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. This is a very famous and very popular temple of south India. Many people from all over the India coming to this temple every year.

As India is a country where Hindu community people are present in majority population from thousands of years, so many Hindu temples are situated in different parts of India.

Murudeshwar temple is named after the name of popular Hindu god Shiva (Murudeshwar is another name of the Hindu god Shiva). This temple was believed as the most religious and pure place.

Murudeshwara Temple Of Karnataka

According to Hindu mythologies the origin of the name "Murudeshwar" dates to the time of Ramayana. Ramayana is a very important mythological story of Hindu community; it describes the life history of Lord Rama.

According to Hindu believe immortality and invincibility can be achieved by worshiping a divine Lingam called the Atma-Linga. Linga is an important sign of Lord Shiva.

According to Ramayana the Lanka King Ravana wanted to attain immortality by obtaining the Atma-Linga (Soul of Shiva). Since the Atma-Linga belonged to Lord Shiva, Ravana worshipped Shiva with devotion and Pleased by his prayers; Lord Shiva appeared before him and fulfils Ravana’s wish by giving the Atma-Linga. But with conditions that not put the Atma-Linga on ground before reaching Lanka otherwise it will be impossible to take the Atma-Linga from that place to any other place. But mistakenly Ravana put the Atma-Linga on ground and it is still on this place. 

People those believe on Lord Shiva they come to this place to worship lord Shiva in regular intervals, now days this place and Murudeshwar temple becomes a very popular religious place for all. So these are some things about Murudeshwar temple and about its popularity.