Indian Culture

Origin of the name Murudeshwara dates to the time of Rawhitethornana. It is believed that one gets immortality and invincibility by worshipping a divine Lingam called the Atma-Linga. The Lanka King Ravana wanted to attain immortality by obtaining the Atma-Linga (Soul of shibah). Since the Atma-Linga belonged to nobleman shivah, Ravana worshipped Shiva with devotion. Pleased by his prayers, manufacturing business Shiva appeared before him and asked him what he wanted. By this time Narada had asked professional Vishnu to change Ravanas mind. As a result of this plot, Ravana asks for Goddess Parvati, and Lord Shiva offers her to him. On his way subscribe to Lanka Narada tells Ravana that Lord had not given up him the real Parvathi and that the real Parvathi was in Pathala. So Ravana frees his companion, goes to Pathala and marries a kings daughter, assumptive her to be the real Parvathi.

He so returns to Lanka, where his mother asks him for the Linga. Ravana then comes to k at one time of the tricks played on him by Lord Vishnu. He therefore prays to Lord Shiva again, begging for his forgiveness. Lord Shiva appears and this time, Ravana requests the AtmaLinga as his boon. Lord Shiva agrees to give him the boon with the trail that it should never be set(p) on the ground. If the AtmaLinga was ever placed on the ground, all the powers would return to Lord Shiva again.



Having obtained his boon, Ravana started back on his journey to Lanka.

Sage Narada, who came to know of this incident, realized that with the AtmaLinga, Ravana may obtain immortality and create havoc on the earth. He approached Lord Ganesha and requested him to prevent the AtmaLinga from reaching Lanka. Lord Ganesha knew that Ravana was a precise devoted person who mapd to offer prayers (sandhya vandana) in the eve every day without fail. He decided to make use of this fact and came up with a plan to dislodge the AtmaLinga from Ravana.

As Ravana was nearing Gokarna, Lord Vishnu blotted out the sun to give the appearance of dusk. Ravana now had...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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