Historical PeriodEra
Varies
📷 Navaneethpp · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Deities
Gokarṇa Mahabaleshwara
Gokarṇa — where Ravana stopped with Atma-linga
Gokarṇa — where Ravana stopped with Atma-linga
No primary scriptures are catalogued for this entry yet. If you know of scriptural references we have missed, please contribute them.
Hindu / Shaiva
Gokarṇa Mahabaleshwara houses the Ātma-liṅga that Rāvaṇa was carrying from Kailash to Lanka. When Ganeśa (disguised as a boy) tricked him into setting it down, the liṅga sank partly into the earth. Rāvaṇa tried to pull it out, leaving it twisted (called Mahā-balā-līṅga = "great-power-liṅga"). One of the most sacred Shiva-liṅgas — pilgrimage equal to Kailash itself per tradition.
