Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna

Mahabaleshwar Temple
Mahabaleshwar Temple at Gokarna
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Uttara Kannada District
Deity	Lord Shiva
Festivals	Shivaratri Ratha Yatra
Location
Location	Gokarna
State	Karnataka
Country	India
Location within Karnataka
Geographic coordinates	14°32′36″N 74°18′59″E / 14.54333°N 74.31639°E / 14.54333; 74.31639
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture
Creator	Temple constructed atop aldready present Linga by Mayuravarma of Kadamba
Completed	345 - 365 CE

The Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna is a 4th-century CE Hindu temple located in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka state, India which is 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 ("the reality of God which can be captured by the mind") also called Atmalinga or Shiva Linga^[1] In legend, it is said that the deity of the temple will bestow immense blessings to devotees, even to those who only glimpse it.^[2][3] 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.^[4] 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.