Dry Weather Reveals Amazing River With Thousands of Shiva Lingas

Posted by The Editor | Jul 26, 2015 | Temples and Holy Places | 92,129 views

Recently, due to dry weather, the water level of the Shalmala river in Karnataka receded, revealing the presence of thousands of Shiva Lingas carved throughout the river bed. Because of these uncountable carvings, the place gets the name “Sahasralinga” (thousand Shiva Lingas).

Sahasralinga has become an important pilgrimage place. On the auspicious day of Mahashivaratri thousands of pilgrims visit Sahasralinga to offer their prayers to Lord Shiva. Each Lingam in the river has a matching carving of Nandi (the Bull carrier of Lord Shiva) facing it.

Shiva Lingas have been worshipped by Hindus for thousands of years. It represents divine power and energy. The worship of Shiva Linga was not confined to India only. Carvings of Shiva Lingas can be found throughout the world in nearly every ancient civilization.

Sahasralinga is a most beautiful place. It is located near Sirsi, in the state of Karnataka. It is on the way to Yellapur from Sirsi, around 17 kms from Sirsi. After Bhairumbe you will have to get down at a bus-stop called Hul Gol bus-stop and walk towards Hul Gol. From the main road it is a distance of around 2 kms.

80 Comments

P.GOPALA KRISHNA on July 27, 2015 at 5:16 am

Fantastic, very amezing , many thanks for brought of such marvolous scnes and news. Thanks once again lot of thanks.
Sudarsan on July 27, 2015 at 5:17 am

A nice article worth learning by all of us.
Seetha on July 27, 2015 at 6:13 am

amazing.Thanks for sharing.Let us know how to reach this holy place Please.
VANI on July 27, 2015 at 6:55 am

Thank you so much for always sharing these wonderful and amazing stories & pictures. It is always such a pleasure to read, learn & share our rich history.
Gaurishankar Dubey on July 27, 2015 at 7:04 am

Miracle.
Thanks for Darsan of 1000 SHIVA-LINGAMS.
Sonia on July 27, 2015 at 7:34 am

fantastic, Superb information.
Thank you
We are proud to be Hindus on July 27, 2015 at 7:38 am

Keep up the good work, & feed the world with such fabulous informations. History belongs to ALL.
Devrajdheda on July 27, 2015 at 7:53 am

Thanks for thousands of Shiva Lingas

Thanks again
sreekanth mamillapalli on July 27, 2015 at 8:30 am

VERY VERY INNOVATIVE ARTICLES AND PHOTOS. THANKS A LOT..
s.jayaraman on July 27, 2015 at 8:33 am

Thanks for providing the net-pilgrimage to sahasra lingam.
ROGINI on July 27, 2015 at 8:36 am

thank god
manfred on July 27, 2015 at 8:43 am

Thank you so much for revealing this divine information to the world.
God bless all
Satish Kumar Bandlapalli on July 27, 2015 at 8:59 am

OM NAMASHIVAYAAA….
V k m rith on July 27, 2015 at 9:31 am

Incredible India thk u for the darshan
subramanian on July 27, 2015 at 10:15 am

fantastic .really very very nice .
Dr.A.K.Pandey on July 27, 2015 at 10:19 am

Many thanks for showing many Shivlingas. I am delighted to see. Om Namah Sivay.
Harihara Mahadevan on July 27, 2015 at 10:21 am

It was indeed a beautiful narration and photos of the Shasralingams
at the dry riverbed.Tahnk you for the valuable information.
Sanjay Ahuja on July 27, 2015 at 10:44 am

these are the presence of Greatest God Shiva, every stone has shape of shiva Linga or a presence of Goddess shiva like Nanndi (vahan of Lord Shiva) realy it amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Dushyant Trivedi on July 27, 2015 at 10:55 am

This article proves beyond doubt that Hiduism is ancient and a strong religion that was prevalent in India and it had spread all over the world.

Once again this shall happen and more people shall follow Hinduism
D.R.Mahala on July 27, 2015 at 11:02 am

Really so beautiful shiv ling when we them thousand of years back how and who did made in river. When we watch them something inside we feel something God Grace coming like that or feeling coming we do know but feeling has com automatic
Shree on July 27, 2015 at 11:06 am

Is it possible to get further information on this , say something more detailed, this is very interesting indeed. I am puzzled.
Namrata Padaki on July 27, 2015 at 11:20 am

Beautiful
Sudhakar.Tanguturi on July 27, 2015 at 11:24 am

Really it’s quite natural and Unbelievable.
Very good information shared with Us .

Thanks.

” OM NAMAH SHIVAYA NAMO SOMANADHAYA NAHAA “
Deepak brahmbhatt on July 27, 2015 at 11:25 am

WONDERFUL news , divine scenes , we really proud to be Hindu .
Namath shivay
SELVARAJU on July 27, 2015 at 11:38 am

It is really amazing to see thousands of Lingaas. Let Lord Shiva’s blessings be showered on all for
good things.
Ajay Agarwal on July 27, 2015 at 11:43 am

Om Namah Shivaya, Thank your for your find, I really love most of your articles based on your research. I am not very religious but I a proud Hindu. Your articles ass to our pride. I wonder who made this happen and how. May be a bit or more research will give further information. I shall look forward to your next article on this subject.
K.LAKSHMAN on July 27, 2015 at 12:06 pm

It was interesting to know about the river with thousands of Shiva Lingas.It is contextually relevant to share here information about Sri Vijaeendra Theertha,a spiritually powerful Madhwa saint who could through his prowess transform Shiva Lingas in large number, dumped in a tank in Kumbakonam by one Lingarajendra, into idols of Hanuman and Salagrama stones, by the mere sprinkling of sanctified rice in the tank, in the presence of a large number of devotees.The said Lingarajendra had done that clandestinely as a part of his plan to outwit the Madhwa pontiff and lay a claim over the ownership of that tank as belonging to the followers of Saivism and ultimately Sri Vijayeendra,who commanded respect in that place,settled the issue to the satisfaction of all.
D.Sreenivasaa Murthy on July 27, 2015 at 1:21 pm

Please guide me how to reach the place from Hubli. I am residing in Guntakal near Bellery and i know the trains to reach Hubli. Hence, i request you ex. Hubli ( my preference is by train or in case no train route i prefer by road ). Is Hul Gol bus stop is inbetween Hubli & Sirsi or after sirsi ahead.
kamala on July 27, 2015 at 1:31 pm

An auspicious scene & blessing to all who has read this article.A divine spectacle.Om Nama Shivaya.Thank you a million.
SANKARA RAO PIRIDI on July 27, 2015 at 1:42 pm

Mind,Heart and Soul join together to become happy for this beautiful information.
It is also a piece of knowledge to put in our mind permanently for reaching every one’s real target(God)
Happy Ekadhashi
Sanjay Bhagat on July 27, 2015 at 1:52 pm

Great, Thanks alot for such a information, OM…
Radhakrishnan on July 27, 2015 at 2:14 pm

Great information. Thank you. Proud to be Hindu…and proud to be part of an ancient and rich heritage. Namassivaya
P S MENON on July 27, 2015 at 2:36 pm

Fantastic information. I really surprised to see this and I am happy that I was born as a Hindu Further we conduct HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE BHAJNS ON ALL SUNDAYS
Shankar.G on July 27, 2015 at 3:19 pm

Wonderful to learn the place. You have not contended with the writing of article but uploading of related photos , WHICH make us feel visiting this place and worship shivlingas in person
RAMANATHAN SUBBAIAH on July 27, 2015 at 4:37 pm

AMAZING, THRILLING, AND FANTASTIC. THE WHOLE WORLD IS INSIDE SHIVA LINGAM.
PLEASE TELL ME THE, SIMILAR PLACES NEAR BIKANER IN RAJASTHAN, THOSE WHO KNOW
RAMANATHAN SUBBAIAH on July 27, 2015 at 4:40 pm

THOSE WHO KNOW THE SIMILAR SHIVA LINGS IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES SUCH AS JAIPUR, UDAIPUR, , MOUNT ABU AND KOLKATTA
DR.S. VATHSAL on July 27, 2015 at 4:59 pm

wonderful pictures & messages India is a great nation & Today is sayana Ekadasi Dr. kalam died without seeing developed India in 2020

vathsal
worked with dr. kalam
David Fieldd on July 27, 2015 at 6:36 pm

Another gift from the great land of Mother India!!!
Baldevbhai Panchal on July 27, 2015 at 11:25 pm

KARNATAKA IS A TREASURE OF SUCH WONDERFUL MIRACLES. PEOPLE SAY HIMALAYA BUT KARNATAKA HAS ALSO MOUNTAINS AND THICK FOREST SUCH THAT YOU MAY NEED A TORCH LIGHT TO MOVE IN DURING DAY ALSO. I HAD AN OCCASION TO MOVE IN A VERY FEW PLACES DURING CONSTRUCTION OF KONKAN RAILWAY. DUE TO DEDICATION IN THE TIME BOUND PROJECT I COULD NOT VISIT MANY PLACES.
Maah on July 28, 2015 at 2:27 am

Impossible to even consider that these are all hand-carved and placed by man. It has to be a divine miracle of Lord Shiva. Thank you for sharing. It is very very beautiful and soothing to the soul. Nice Sri Hanumanji one too!
Aswatha Narayana Donekal on July 28, 2015 at 2:56 am

Amazing! Thanks for sharing the information.
A. Ranganathan on July 28, 2015 at 3:38 am

The photographs of the river with the lingas are excellent. A brief narrration describing the origin, the history and present preseration authority would enhance the value of the posting.
Dr. Maanasa Govender on July 28, 2015 at 5:57 am

The Shivalinga is a reminder to mankind that he is divine. The shape is the same shape as our head. The three stripes represent Creation, Preseservation and Dissolution. The Red dot our Third Eye od supra-consciousness. When we realise this, them we are graced. Thank you for sharing. Infinite Blessings. Om Namashivaya!
V L N. Rao on July 28, 2015 at 6:16 am

HaraHara Mahadeva Sambho Shankara.
Appreciate the effort to bring information,knowledge valuable within reach of all seekers. Namath shivaya:
Sue Chetty on July 28, 2015 at 6:43 am

So touched by this beautiful article- blessings
that no human can imagine- my only wish is to share and touch the feeling in person A dream come true!
Thiagarajan Ramachandran on July 28, 2015 at 7:48 am

It is really fantastic to know our ancient civilization that is flourished throughout the world
Kailash Purohit on July 28, 2015 at 8:27 am

Hi,
Amazing facts about hinduism I am going through this site.
May god blesses you all who are spreading the cultural message time to time here on this site.
Thanks.
Kailash.
G Kumaran on July 28, 2015 at 9:20 am

No Words to express.

I was stunned in looking this holy place.
RK on July 28, 2015 at 9:22 am

Pls, give us the history of sahasralinga, we are eager to hear. Thanks a lot for giving such a wonderful article.
Shonja Bannerjee on July 28, 2015 at 9:29 am

Told many many people all over the world that I have contact with to look up this beautiful site of discovery & photos.
It is truly wonderful, only if we could find out why the Shiva Lingas
were on the river bed, can any one here help me. Thank you in advance.!!!
santha chandrasekharan on July 28, 2015 at 11:31 am

Thank you for sharing this wonderful scene of sahasra lingas in Karnataka. We are really proud of our mother India and being part of it. OM NAMAH SHIVAYAA.
Ramraj Eswarlal on July 28, 2015 at 12:26 pm

I wish to get one of these lings
Its absolutely beautiful
This is enough to believe that hindus are the oldest inhabitants in India.
Renuka on July 28, 2015 at 2:08 pm

Thanks for the information. Surprise and happy to see such miracles.
shobha on July 28, 2015 at 3:51 pm

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful and interesting informations.
Dr.M.Santhiramudu on July 28, 2015 at 4:31 pm

Really it is God creation and proud to be Hindu.
Dr. Sukanta Biswas on July 28, 2015 at 5:42 pm

Thank you very much for such amazing information. Could I get more information in this regard. Thanks again.
Chandra on July 29, 2015 at 6:46 am

iam speechless, what an amazing thing, i want to visit this place at least once in my life time
pramodkumar on July 29, 2015 at 9:44 am

harharhar mahadev shambo shankera sadashivaya mahashivaya namashivaya namo namaha. shiva is sarva vyape.so he is in waterbeds too.
BODDARATI RAMA SUDARSANA RAO on July 31, 2015 at 6:22 am

Great opportunity to learn more and sahasra siva lingams yaken me to kasi where i hears totally crore sivalingas are in kasi kshetram
Thanks for showing gthe auspicious place in Karnataka and the people residing are GOD BLESSED in the rfeiver area
K.Venu Madhava Rao on July 31, 2015 at 12:31 pm

This is Really Great wonder of God. I am so grateful to God to See this Sahasra lingas,with great skill in carving.Sahasra means in another meaning,endless,not just thousand,it means there may be many more to be discovered.Hindu researchers should look into it to trace the History.
chinni s rao on July 31, 2015 at 3:19 pm

It is beautiful. Similar ‘thousands(many) of shiva lingas , we have seen in Cambodia near Siam Reap( 60 kms away) at the starting of River Towleen river bed. It is a great wonder to know how far the culture of Hinduism was spread in olden days. At present we need to see how to make the present generation to know and understand the virtues and greatness of this culture.
VIJAYAGOPALAN K P on August 2, 2015 at 10:15 am

Wonderful……. Ancient Indians / Hindus were great; really divine!!!! Will the rest of the world acknowledge it? Will they value it?
P.NIHILA on August 2, 2015 at 10:43 am

Thank you for sharing such worthy news. What an amazing information. Very very happy to see that Hinduism has spread widely all over the world.
Dr T R Ramanujam on August 2, 2015 at 4:25 pm

Just one of the crores of revelations of the Hindu sanathana Dharmas & is not a surprise for a true Hindu
Kantha Reddy on August 4, 2015 at 1:49 pm

Definitely proud to be an Hindu – what our Religion teaches us is to be caring and loving to all – no matter the cast or creed but it sad to see that we live in a society where our culture and values are being lost or disgraced!!
Jagdish Patel on August 4, 2015 at 5:15 pm

Superb. Even my European friends have praised this.
Raksha on August 5, 2015 at 4:22 pm

Beyond anyone’s imagination, Beyond human carved LINGAS.
May Lord Shiva bless you in your inspiral efforts to bring us the Devine Darshans right here in our own homes.
Even millions Thanks will not be able to justify your work.
Manjunatha kedlaya on August 6, 2015 at 6:39 am

Amazing!this article is really wonderful.we are programming of visiting the kshetra.Thank you.
Naveen kumar Goel on August 8, 2015 at 2:23 am

I am only wondering how is it that people are not aware that such a place with a thousand Shivlingas in a river exist. I was amazed to see such beautiful picturS. Keep up the good work. Thanks.
mothman777 on August 13, 2015 at 1:25 pm

Such an immense amount of time has obviously been devoted to creating these carvings, that maybe the carving was not all done when the riverbed was exposed. Maybe yogis like this saint were secretly at work carving these magnificent forms whilst in a breathless state of meditation under the waves of the river. Another possibility is that the carvings were instantly made manifest through the prayer of enlightened yogis working with God.
Kamal Nath Jha on August 19, 2015 at 11:42 am

What a beautiful display of Divine art. It is heart warming and soul satisfying.
Some work on it is warranted:
1. When were these Sahasra Linga carved, during which kingdom?
2. Are they man made or self-appeared?
3. Any scientific dating planned?
After all, this is a wonderful display of Divine art, no matter what the origin.
Thank you immensely for bringing this uniqe carvings to the attention to the world.
Santosh s kurup on September 1, 2015 at 9:12 am

Om namah shivay. Thank-you so much for this priceless information. Keep up the good work.
Dinesh Rana on October 5, 2015 at 3:50 pm

Amazing! Today is Monday. Shiva’s Day! I feel bless
by Lord Shiva for this Shahastrlinga’s Darshan!
Thank you for sharing. My instinct says there must be a huge temple of Lord Shiva buried in river in ancient time
Gopal Athilat on February 15, 2016 at 12:24 pm

Amazing article with amazing photos. AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA.
S Ram Kishan Rao on June 13, 2016 at 2:38 pm

Thanks for most worthy information. Would you please try to give information about Shree Somavamsha Sahasrarjun Maharaj. I belong to KHATRI (PATKAR) caste. We have spread allover India but majority of people live in Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and also in few other states.
SL KANNAN on March 21, 2017 at 6:36 am

Many thanks for presenting the thousand Shivalingas…
Its so amazing and exciting…Hindusim is everywhere but it was not unearthened.
Selvaduri Sivagnanasundaram on March 21, 2017 at 6:17 pm

In Cambodia also there is a River with Thousand lingam

But the carving not good as in Karnataka
geetha ramarao on March 21, 2019 at 2:01 pm

Beautiful darshan of Sahasra Lingam. Thanks so much.so much divine vibration looking at the pics on the mobile, imagine what it must feel like to be there e.
LAKSHMI on June 10, 2019 at 10:52 am

Thanks for sharing such beautiful pic of shivalingams, and today happens to be monday 10.06.19 and blessed indeed to see so many shivalingams and also read about it.
dobby on April 5, 2024 at 9:58 pm

May any, many Blessings shower upon you for your wonderful story of the thousand lingams that I read and look at many times.
You are the best.!