Gokarna Mahabaleshwar Temple
- Location
- Gokarna, Uttara Kannada, India
- Deity
- Mahabaleshwar
- Built
- ancient
- Architecture
- Karnataka Dravidian
A coastal Shiva temple said to house the Atma-linga brought by Ravana, a major pilgrimage town in Uttara Kannada.
Government / heritage portal → Government / heritage portal
Darshan, Seva & Bookings
Timings, online darshan/booking and donation services are handled by the temple management on their official channels.
We do not list third-party booking or donation links; always use the official source above.
History & Significance
The Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna is a 4th-century-CE Hindu temple in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka state, India, built in the classical Dravidian architectural style. It is a site of religious pilgrimage. The temple faces the Gokarna beach on the Arabian Sea. The temple deifies the Pranalinga also called Atmalinga or Shiva Linga In legend, it is said that the deity of the temple will bestow immense blessings to devotees, even to those who only have a glimpse of it. Currently, the administrative charge of the temple is with an Overseeing Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice BN Srikrishna, a Retired Justice of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. It is one of the 275 paadal petra sthalams expounded in the Tevaram, a sacred Tamil Shaivite text written during the 6th and 7th centuries by 63 saints called Nayanars.
Festivals
Festival dates follow the traditional calendar and vary each year — confirm dates with the official website.
Nearby Temples
- Murudeshwar Temple
- Kollur Mookambika Temple
- Udupi Sri Krishna Temple
- Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Saundatti Yellamma Temple
Distances are straight-line approximations from sourced coordinates.
Sources
- Government / heritage portal Government / heritage portal
- Wikipedia Reference