Sri Kotilinga Temple — Attraction in Karnataka

This place have most beautiful and adventurous memory I have ....... Koti Linga is not proper temple , it is multiple shiva linga carved together on a huge rock. Koti Linga is situated amidst of rocks. As a view wise it is exactly situated in front of Koddarama Temple. People suggest you to go by coracle ride till that you can choose that option but you can go by walking tooo. Searching it is very tricky by own. Very lonely and quiet place. But very beautiful and must go !!! I never suggest anyone to omit this place. Because this place shows you bond of nature and god and most imp is a artist lookout. Near koti Linga you can see two temples on slop of rock and a cave where you can see footcarving in rock, mythological background it have. 1. Go by pathway near to river side 2. You can see Varha temple from temple go walking on left side you can notice a board of ASI of Koti Linga 3. Actually it act as misguide but it is not from there start climbing rocks 4. So sorry but you have to search by your own. It is exactly amidst of rocks. No any symbol or any mark is there multiple ways reach there. Best if you have a group , don't go alone it is safe but actually very few people or you can no one goes there if in case emergency it is very difficult to get help. Hampi have phone network issue so go by your own risk if you are the first one. There are many other things such as I heard about sleeping Lord Vishnu Murti and Devi Temple , unfortunately me and my group couldn't able to find it. . . . Hampi is very Beautiful Tourist Place which have Mythological, Historical, Architectural, Cultural Glory. As a responsible person individually we have to take care, respect and precautions to maintain architectural values, cleanliness in Hampi. Please don't destory or damages of any architectural aspects by writing , climbing or in any ways. Our ancestors had taken a lot efforts to stand such Beutiful and increadible structures and monuments. Our small contribution will also make huge...

Kotilinga

Kotilinga is located near Kodandarama temple and Chakratirtha. On a natural sheet rock found on the right bank of the river Tungabhadra a number of small Sivalingas are found sculpted. These lingas are known as Kotilinga.

According to the tradition, monkeys worshipped these lingas by bringing water from the Tungabhadra river in their mouth and poured it over the lingas and offered various flowers and leaves. Therefore these lingas came to be known as Kotilinga (Lingas of Monkey) (in Kannada language Koti means Monkeys; and got transformed to Kotilinga. Ironically in Kannada language Koti means Crore. Since there are numerous lingas, the local people would have called it Kotilinga, i.e, Crore lingas.

According to another tradition prevalent among Dokkalas, a nomadic tribe, a king by name Dakshapati had sixty female children and was not blessed with even a single male child. Because of this reason he was very unhappy and sorrow. At this juncture a famine struck the kingdom. Brothers who lived in this country lost their parents in the famine. The younger brother also died and the elder brother carried the dead body of his young brother on his shoulders and was wandering. Shiva and Parvati, while they were on peregrination, Parvati saw the man carrying the body of his brother from the sky and she pities and prays her husband Shiva to grant life to the dead person. Accordingly Shiva grants life and the younger brother gets back his life and tells him to hand over him to the Dakshapati. Dakshapati names the young person as Dakkamuni. At the same time the Jambamuni, requests Dakshapati to gift Dakkamuni for guarding the gods. Shiva instructs Dakshapati to lend Dakkamuni for the services of the gods. Thus as a token of appreciation of services rendered to the gods this Kotilingas came up. In fact these lingas are votive lingas that were caused to be made by devotees who...

Don't take the coracle ride, instead walk down the site from Kodanda Rama temple and find your way using GPS. The Shivalings are a work of art and a must visit place when you're in Hampi.

The only thing I didn't like is that us Indians don't want to climb some boulders and go here. We should not be this lazy when in a site like Hampi. But many foreigners do hike to visit this place, which is a good thing. When I went there I saw a foreigner couple, being ignorant about the Kotilingeswara Shivalings, literally walked with their shoes ON over the lingams. Maybe they considered them to be ruins as well, I don't know but I couldn't talk to them as I was at some distance.

A note to all the foreign tourists: Hampi is an archaeological site but not everything is considered ruin. I urge you to read about the deities and sacred signs and try to respect them when you're here. If in doubt, consider all ruins as sacred and respect all monuments/sculptures.

We also need the local authorities to build a guard rail around the lingam with proper sign boards highlighting it's spiritual and reigious...