Murudeshwara, Karnataka · 14.0940°, 74.4890°
A modern pilgrimage icon on an Arabian Sea headland: a 37 m seated Shiva — among the tallest in the world — and a 20-storey gopura with an elevator, built by industrialist-philanthropist R. N. Shetty around a shrine of ancient lineage.
In the Gokarna Atmalinga tale, the cloth covering the linga flew here as Ravana wrenched at it — Murudeshwara enshrines that fragment, tying the coast into a single legend-line of five linked shrines.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern