Sri Mahabaleswarar Temple is a Lord Shiva temple in Gokarna in Karwar district of Karnataka. The temple is one of the padal petra sthalam and the Lord Shiva here was worshipped by Thirugnasambandar and Thirunavukkarasar.
The Shiva lingam here was brought by Ravana from Kailash and according to legends, Vishwakarma has built this temple.
Padal Petra Sthalam
This is one of the 276 temples mentioned in Devaram which are collections of songs of these temples by Thirunavukkarasar, Thirugnasambandar, Sundarar and Manickavasagar. These collection of songs composed by the great saints describe many of these temples, deities, history, legends, sthala vruksha, temple ponds and other details about the god and temple.
