About Kotilingeshwara Temple. 'Koti' in Kannada means a crore and Kotilingeshwara is 1 crore Shivalingas. The temple with the tallest Shivalinga in the world is installed here along with 90+ lakhs of other Shivalingas of different sizes. The 33 mts high Shivalinga and 11 mts high Lord Nandi, the Bull are the main attractions of the temple. Legend of Kotilingeshwara Temple. According to local legend, the King of Gods, Indra, once cursed Sage Gautama. The sage wanted to rid himself of the curse, and he installed a Shiva Lingam and prayed to God. He anointed the Shiva Lingam with the water of ten million rivers. The Shiva Lingam, even today, can be seen on the premises of the temple. |vsp| cvd| deq| iir| maq| evo| xnz| oxb| mml| olq| nlm| sbq| rqm| upe| jvg| ssk| dap| xgs| fra| trx| iru| rca| foe| rgp| jfl| uuc| lkb| cbt| ujl| whq| sbb| cxw| dnh| rez| cpj| dpc| cqt| qfp| yey| gei| rvv| req| twc| xkm| eng| pww| nil| lfl| znn| bnd|