A Trip to Kotilingeshwara

                 A Day trip to "KOTILINGESHWARA TEMPLE"

Place History

KOTILINGESHWARA TEMPLE is located in small village Kammansanda. One of the saints had the vision to build a Shiva temple with 1 crore Shiva Lingas. He installed the first Shiva linga in 1980. Devotees followed the same and installed many Shiva lingas. I think there are around 90 Lakh Shiva lingas along with one of the largest Shiva linga in the entire world. which is 108 feet tall. I am one of the Shiva devotees and love to visit Shiva temples. I found this place very calm and more energetic. Installing Shiva Lingas at one place is a unique concept. Temple location is attractive because you find greenery all around you. We made plan suddenly to visit that place and have a look at the beauty of this temple. 

Trip Duration – 1 Day

Distance – Around 96 from Bangalore

Trip MAP - How to reach there- MAP

1. Get a rented bike/car or take your bike/car
2. You can go by Bus - You can get a bus from KR Puram or Majestic

There is a toll on the trip if you are going by car.

Place Covered - KOTILINGESHWARA TEMPLE

Temple Timing - 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Charges 
Entry fee - 20 INR
Parking fee - 30 INR
Marriage fee - 200 INR
Linga Establishment - 6000 INR

Total Traveller - 2 Me and Bharat Bhusan San

Trip Starting Date - It was Budha Purnima 30-04 2018

Road Condition -  Via NH75 road condition is very good you can reach there within 2 Hrs on Bike

Mobile Coverage - Almost all networks would work. Jio network works for me and it may for you also.

Day wise Trip detail - 

We both started Journey on 30-04-2018 at 09:45 AM from Marthahalli Bangalore on my Bike.

We took NH75 towards Kolar via Hoskote and I found that the highway was good to keep speed limit up to 100 on Bike.

We took a break at Petrol Pump at 10:50 then started again. After Kolar, we took a route which was little awkward because of the road condition but fortunately, it was a short route to get highway which directly goes to Temple.

We reached the temple at 11:50 and we didn't find more traffic during the trip. There were few vehicles parked and no rush in the temple.

There are some shops before entering the temple and shopkeepers call you to buy garland and Diya. We bought Pooja Samagri.. and kept shoes in a locker. The Locker guy charges 10 Rs for two pairs of shoes.

Before entering the Temple you can wash your hand, face and feet. We had to buy a ticket to get into the temple. It costs 20 rs per person.

Once you enter into the temple you start observing many Shiva Lingas with various sizes. We observed the walls and they were painted in different colours that make temple unique and more attractive.

There are many small temples inside where you do Dharshana without a long queue. The temple is quite peaceful. You can offer prayer to God and then The Poojari asks you to tell your entire family name in front of God.

The first temple you find is Bharma, Vishnu and Mahesh in a temple. You can find a tree where people tie a yellow thread for their wishes and good luck.

The first photo was taken at the entrance

Small Shiva Lingas

Watch the small video.

Offering Prayer

Short video near Lord Ganesha

Taking blessing from Lord Ganesha

Taking Blessing from Lord Hanuman

The camera was not allowed but everybody was taking pictures and nobody was stopping them so we also captured a pic.

Courtyard with many God and Goddess. This Shiva linga is second tall. Devotees can install Shiva linga here with the price of 6000. Devotees have the choice to choose different sizes of lingas and they can engrave their name near to it. 

Linga and small Nandi.

Selfie with Friend

Biggest Shiva Linga 108 feet (33 m)

Clicked Nadi's Pic. Nandi statue is 35 fee (11 M)

Interesting things -
1. You see largest Shiva Linga with many various sizes of Shiva Linga
2. There around 90 Lakh Shiva lingas of various sizes.
3. I heard that in this temple marriages are performed and the fee is also very low. It's around 200 INR.
4. You can visit this place on Maha Shivaratri if you are Shiva devotee to feel that energy and perform Pooja.
5. You get to see the statue of Nandi which is around 35 feet (11m)

What to eat and where to eat -
- It is difficult to find a premium restaurant here. You can have average south India food here.
- Temple has Prashadham which is given during lunch and it's free

Attractive places near -
- There are some more temples around this temple. You can see big rocks and big farms. small villages surrounded by greenery.


We started from the Kotilingeshwara temple at 1:30 PM and reached Bangalore at 3:07 PM.
This is how we enjoyed our trip and I hope will also have a wonderful trip to Kotilingeshwara.

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Party with office friends at TAJ Hotel in Japan.

Party with office friends at TAJ Hotel in Japan.