Shri Mahalingeshwar Mandir Adoor,Urdoor,Kasaragod,Kerala

Surrounded by the verdant land of the southern banks of the river Payaswini, the Sree Mahalingeswara temple is in Adoor, Kasaragod. Made in the 13th century, it is one of the more popular temples devoted to Shiva, worshipped in the form of Siva linga form. The temple, constructed in the 13th century, contains a Sanskrit inscription that is written in Kannada that is said to have been made by the Western Chalukya king, Kirthivarman II.

The legend of the temple

Legend has it that this was the place where the god Shiva and Arjuna fought in the battle Kiratha Yudham, where Shiva disguised himself as a hunter, later blessing him with arrows. After the battle, Arjuna, a Pandava warrior prince of the epic Mahabharata, built this temple. The story of Kiratha Yudham is engraved on the valiya Bali kallu of the temple.