A submerged temple - Maraleswara Temple, Talakad, Near Mysore

Talakad, also spelled as Talakadu, a small town near Mysore city of Karnataka state in India, is famous for the Cauvery river, ancient temples buried in the sand, and Panchalinga Darshan. To know more about the town, visit my post on Talakad



As mentioned earlier, Talakad town is also famous for Panchalinga Darshan (a Darshan of five Shiva Lingas). The main temple, Vaidyanatheswara temple, is one of the five sites. From this temple, if we walk on sand for about 3 km, we will reach the temple of Pataleswar. If we walk up for another 2 km, we will come to the temple of Lord Maraleswara, which is again another Panchalinga temple. 




This temple is completely buried under sand dunes. It comes to life when excavated for the Panchalinga Darshan festival held once every twelve years. The small temple has just one image of Lord Shiv linga.


Happy travelling.  


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