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Murudeshwar and Mahaabaleshwar Temples of Shiv
There is a Shiv Temple towards western side of India, called Murudeshwar. It is believed that when Raavan was taking Shiv's Aatm Ling, he stopped there on the way to Lankaa to worship his Sandhyaa Poojaa. And in order to help Devtaa that Raavan should not take Shiv's Ling to Lankaa, Ganesh Jee cheated him in the guise of a small boy.

I wonder why Raavan had to go towards Gokarn from Mount Kailaash on route to Lankaa? Geographically, if he wanted to go to Lankaa from Mount Kailaash, he should have gone towards Chidaambaram which was a straight path towards Lankaa and then from there to Lankaa????? - not first towards western sea, and then to the Eastern sea. Has somewhere geography changed?

There is another place named Gokarn, in Sataaraa District of Karnaatak State. Are these two temples - Murudeshwar and Mahaabaleshwar Temple separate or the same. If they are separate one legend cannot fit to another and if they are the same, how they are at different places?

A Story of Lakshman and Raavan
There is a story in vogue that when Raavan was dying, Raam sent Lakshman Jee to learn something from him as he was a very learned and Pandit man. Although Lakshman Jee didn't like the idea, but then went to him at the order of Raam. He went and stood at his head and asked him to discourse him. Raavan did not speak anything, so Lakshman Jee came back to Raam and told Him that he did  not speak to him. Raam asked - "How did you ask him?" Lakshman Jee told Him that he went to him and asked him to discourse him, but he did not reply anything. Raam asked - "Where did you stand and how did you ask him?" Lakshman Jee told him that he went to him and stood at his head side and asked him just like that.

Raam said - "That is why. You do not know how to take Gyaan from a great person. Raavan is a great Gyaanee. You did not respect him properly. When one wants to learn something, he has to be very polite and at the ground level, then only one can take Gyaan from the Guru. You considered him only your enemy, not a Gyaanee Guru, that is why you behaved in that way. You should have regarded him as a learned Pandit and yourself as his disciple. Go, and stand at his feet, bow him and greet and request him politely that you have come to him to get Gyaan from him as he is great Gyaanee. I am sure he will surely discourse to you." Lakshman Jee went again and behaved as Raam instructed him, then only Raavan discoursed him.

Where is this story? Anybody knows?

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