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Murudeshwara
Murdeshwara is a town in Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. ''Murudeshwara"' is another name of the Hindu god Shiva. Famous for the world's second-tallest Shiva statue, the town lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea and is also famous for the Murdeshwar Temple. Murdeshwar has a railway station on the Mangalore- Mumbai Konkan railway route.