Om Namha Shivaya,
Go Garbha Cave(ಗೋಗರ್ಭ ಗುಹೆ)
Location:
There different stories about this cave ,which is approximately 0.5 km from Kudle Beach and approximately 200 mts from Hanuman Janma Bhoomi(ಹನುಮಾನ್ ಜನ್ಮಾಭೂಮಿ).
Brief Note Structure:
Inside this cave there are
Three Routes. As local belief one will go to
Adi Gokarna which is inside Mahabaleshwara Temple Complex. One more route will go
Kotiteertha and One more will go to
Kaashi. Please avoid explore by going inside.
There is one way to get inside the cave and one top open hole is there.
As you enter on right side you can see Snake is carved on the wall. Some one can explore more on this.
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| Entry point of Cave |
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| Whole At top of The Cave |
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| Shiv Linga Inside Go Garbha |
There are 2 stories about this place
1.In
Treta Yuga(Yuga when Ramayana Happened). Most of the earth was ruled by immeasurably powerful, cruel kshatirya (warrior clan) King Kartikeya. He was a human incarnation of Lord Vishnu’s celestial weapon, Sudershan Chakra. This mighty King killed Jamadagni, Father of Parshuram. Infuriated by his death Parshuram killed the Kshatriya clan 21 times. After this he undertook a Vishwajeet Yagnya and handed over the Earth to Sage Kashyap. In the absence of proper Ruler the Earth was in complete disorder. There was loss of religious beliefs. Sins increased, immorality increased, cruelty increased, purity vanished. Her resources were plundered. To find salvation Mother Earth came to Gokarna. She performed penance in a Cave, whose shape was like a womb of a cow. Go means Cow and Garbha means womb and that is why the name Gogarbha. It is near to Kamandalu Tirtha. This is the place where Mother Earth was bestowed by Lord Shankar. After the boom, proper law and order situation restored. The one who visits here once is never reborn. The one who worships here gets to possess the Land.
2. Before the creation of the Universe, there was a competition between Trimurti's. The one who has more Tapas Shakti. He will be Creator and Followed by Preserver, Destoryer. There was no land or Universe exist that time. All Trimurti's went for tapas, after Hundreds of year Brahma and Vishnu returned. As they waited for Maheshwara he was still in Tapas, they didn't find him. So Brahma Started creating this Universe and Earth. Shiva got trapped inside the Earth, he used his Third Eye and Came out. While coming outside the Cave like structure got created.
Visit Gokarna and Get blessed.
Gokarna Sanskara
