KOTILINGESHWARA TEMPLE

Kotiligeshwara Temple is situated at Kammasandra in the Kolar district of Karnataka. Kammasandra is a small village surrounded by green fields, water logged fields and hillocks. It is at a distance of  six kilometers from Kolar Gold Fields, popularly known as KGF. This small village houses a rarest of rare temples in the world called "KOTILINGESHWARA TEMPLE'. The name Kotilingeshwara denotes one crore Lingas. It is a wonderful sight to see so many Lingas in one place.

It is said that in order to instill culture of divinity, peace and prosperity Sri Sri Sri Samba Shiva Murthy Samiji founded this temple on a thirteen acre land in the year 1980, and the first Linga was installed on the tenth of October the same year. Later a temple for Kotilingeshwara  was built. The complex now houses eleven temples of various deities like Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara, Venkataramanaswamy, Annapoorneshwari,
Panduranga, Panchmukhi Ganapathi, Anjaneya, Rama Lakshmana Sita, Kannigaparameshwari and Karumariamman. The temple contains a Linga which is 108 feet in height. This is considered as the largest in Asia. A Nandi which is 60 feet long, 40 feet wide and 35 feet tall has been erected on a pedestal which greets the visitors to the temple.

It is also said that eighty six lakhs Lingas have been installed so far. All these Lingas have been installed by the devotees. Hassle free arrangements are in place in the temple for installing Lingas. A nominal fee is charged for installation and the amount varies according to the size of the Linga. The temple provides all the articles required for the prathisthapana including nadaswara and the pooja lasts for an hour. Abhisheka is performed everyday for all Lingas installed both in the morning and evening with nadaswara in attendance. Archakas in two groups go around the complex and perform the Abhisheka for all Lingas installed. The temple also offers free accommodation to devotees who want to stay from 6am to 8pm. The temple also offers Annadhana to all the visitors.

Now the Government of Karnataka declared this place as a tourist spot. Large number of devotees and tourists come not only from Karnataka but also from the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.  The place is well connected by bus fron Bangalore and KGF.

A Nandi which is 60 feet long, 40 feet wide and 35 feet tall

Linga which is 108 feet in height and is considered the largest in Asia

Rows of Lingas