The Mysterious Disappearing Shiva Lingam worshiped by Kartikeya

Place
Shri Stambheshwar Mahadev

Attraction
Appearing and Disappearing of Shiva Lingam

Location
The temple is located 80km west of Baroda city, in a village called Kavi Kamboi ( Gujarat, India )
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The Submerging Temple of Mahadeva in Kavi Kamboi is one of the most unusual Shiva Shrines in India

The story Behind the Shrin of Shri Stambheshwar Mahadev

One of the eighteen Hindu puranas, While the deities hailed the glory of Kartikeya for having killed Tarakasur, Kartikeya himself was saddened by his act. He told the deities–‘I regret for having killed Tarakasur because he was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. Is there any way to atone for my sin?’Lord Vishnu consoled him—‘Killing a wicked person, who nourishes himself on the blood of innocent people, is not a sinful deed. But, still, if you feel guilty then there is no better way to atone for your sin than worshipping Lord Shiva. Install Shivalingas and worship them with deep devotion.’

Kartikeya instructed Vishnukarma to make three divine Shivalingas. Later on,Kartikeya installed these Shivalingas at three different places and worshipped them with appropriate rituals. In course of time,these three holy places came to be known as Pratigyeshwar, Kapaleshwar,and Kumareshwar.

Kartikeya, while worshipping at Kapaleshwar sprinkled holy water on the Shivalinga and prayed so that Tarakasur’s soul rested in peace. He also offered sesame seeds to Lord Kapaleshwar and prayed –‘May my offerings made in the form of sesame seeds reach Tarak–the descendant of Sage Kashyap.’ This way, Kartikeya was absolved of his sins.

My visit to the Holy Shrine
I visited this place back in 2015 with my cousin. We left from Vadodara around 7:00 am and reached Kavi Kamboi around 9:30am. I don't remember much, but the roads were decent. None of us had gone there before. We dint knew much about the timings. By the time we reached there the Shiva Lingam was just submerged. But as the water was clear we could see the Shrine. We could not wait for a longer period of time over there as the water started increasing.













The reason it is called disappearing is because of seawater. The seawater enters the temple and submerges the Shrine and then after some time the water level decreases and returns back to its original position. To take Darhsanam of the Deity you should check the timings on their website accordingly.
https://stambheshwarmahadev.com/times-of-waves/

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