Museum at Murudeshwar Temple depicting Hindu religious stories through statuettes and dioramas. It is open from 7 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 8 pm. This museum is a kind of sculpture museum. It tells the story of Gokarna which has various characters like Shiva Ganesha, Narada Vishnu and Ravana. The story is depicted accurately with wonderful sculptures showing each part of the story. This cave museum gives insight of story behind the deity Murudeshwar Aatma Linga, how it came here and formed. There is entry fee of ₹10 for adults and ₹5 for children.

This small museum has the whole story described in the puranas about the formation of the lingam near murdeshwar, mahabaleshwar, and other places near by. The beautiful statues needs no explanation and we can understand everything. There is an voice assistant who narrates the story in various languages. A great initiative by the temple authority. Thank you .

Beautiful and well maintained Statues inside the cave museum at the base of World's second Largest statue of Lord Shiva after the statue in Nepal. The Statues tells us the tale of life of ravana involving the formation of shivalinga in gokarana and others. They will charge 10rs to visit this cave, donot miss. Worth visit with family and friends

The entry fee to visit museum RS 20/-,inside we will find all the avatars of Ravana how he got athmalinga. Bring kids to visualize what happened at that time.

Good place to Visit with audio telling to know the history of Murudeshwar

Don't miss the sunset view from beach. Excellent place...... Natural and scenic views are amazing. Gopuram, shiva statue and sea amazing view......Three sides of the temple will be covered with see water. Once in life time visit.......

It's a museum in the form of cave, depiciting the story of Murdeshwar. Must visit for a complete experience. Nominal charges for cave entry, you can click pictures as well. There are other locations like Gokarna temple which is linked to this temple. This is displayed towards the exit, do check out the same.

A well maintained artificial caves at Murudeshwara. It has entry fee of 20 rupees and rupees 10 for children below 10 years. The caves depict the story of Murudeshwara, Gokarna and other. A very depicted story with the help of statues and an audio to listen to the story. People interested in mythology would definitely like the experience. The overall time taken would be anywhere around 15-20min. A must visit place if visiting the Murudeshwara temple.

This museum tells the tale of the great Shiva Bhakta Lankeshwara Ravana, Ganapati and how Atmalinga came to Gokarna, Murudeshwara and few more places. The entire story is narrated as you move along and see the beautifully made statues which almost looks like real. Ticket prices are very nominal. A must visit place for curious, creative story tellers and seekers. This is situated under the majestic Shiva statue of Murudeshwara.

It's nice place unfolding the history of Gokarna story. The sculpture made are very vibrant and state of art. Only they should display or write on a board the whole story for better understanding, as record they play in background is not much clear.

Nice museum👌 U can see beautiful statues inside the cave which Narrates the story of Murdeshwar temple🕌

Bhukailasa Cave Museum in the Statue Park exhibits the sculptures and stories related to various Hindu gods. This cave museum gives insight of story behind the deity Murudeshwar Aatma Linga, how it came here and formed and also many others stories and sculptures related to the temple. All the statues are coloured and shown in an appealing way to convey the story to the visitors. Timings: 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM Entry Fee: Rs. 10 for Adults / Rs. 5 for Children

Marvelous museum at Murudeshwar Temple, depicting Hindu Religious stories through statuettes and dioramas Bhukailasa Cave Museum Murudeshwar Karnataka state India Asia.

One good place to visit and know the story of bhukailas. Well sculpted and the idols are like real person sitting and standing in front of us. Must visit this museum when you reach murudeshwar temple. It resides inside murudeshwar temple

This is an artificial cave built near to the Murudeshwar temple. The cave depicts entire history of Bhukailash through life size statues. Entry fee is Rs.10/-per adult. Don't miss to visit.

This museum is a kind of sculpture museum. It tells the story of Gokarna which has various characters like Shiva Ganesha Narada Vishnu and ofcourse the villain Ravana. The story is depicted accurately with wonderful sculptures showing each part of the story. Knowing the story beforehand helped enjoy the story even more.

Next to the temple under the Shiva statue is the cave museum, named as the Bhukailasa Cave, where you have to pay a nominal entry fee before entering. Here you will see the life-size displays of the mythological characters of the Ramayana and Mahabharata and the many epic scenes with some commentary in the background. The story of Ravana handing over the Atmalinga to child Ganesha is also shown in some of the murals. One can easily spend an hour inside the cave museum admiring the artwork and stories depicted by the statues. However there should be some commentary attached to each display so those who are interested can understand the mythology.

Ravana(King of Lanka) was a huge Shiva bhakt. He prayed to Shiva to attain the Athma Linga for immortality. But Shiva denied to give the Athma Linga so Ravana instead asked for Parvati to which Shiva agreed. But on the way back Narada tells him that she is not the real Parvati and Parvati is in Pathala. So Ravana goes to Pathala and marries Mandodari assuming that she is Parvati. When he returns to Lanka his mother asks for Athma Linga. Ravana realises that he has been tricked again so he again worships and prays to Shiva and again asks him for the Athma Linga which he gets this time but Narada knew that Ravana's boon can cause apocalypse so he asks Ganesha to stop him from being immortal so Ganesha takes avatar of a small Bhrahmin boy and goes to Ravana. Vishnu hides the sun to show the appearance of dusk which is the time Ravana prays but he cannot put the Lunga down which can cost him his immortality. So he asks the Bhramin boy to hold it and to not keep it down but he keeps it down and Vishnu brings the sun out and Ravana loses his boon. Angered that he has been tricked again he smashes the Athma Linga and it's parts fall to different places. The top of the part falls to Mrideshwar currently Murdeshwar.

Very well maintained meuseum.. Entry ticket Rs 20 for adult Rs 10 for kids who below 10years. No need to wait.

Story narration happened in Hindi. Could not understand the narration. I did wait for the language change, but it didn't happen at that time. Tickets Adult 20 Children 10 Bring the change with you. They would reject if you give 100 rupees as well This is under the huge Shiva Statue you see from the entrance. Enjoy the tour...

Bhukailasa cave represents that story of bhukailas with the excellent sculptures if u don't know the story of bhukailas u just cme to know that the total story while watching the sculptures it shows the original story nd characters Shiva parvathi matha nd raavana and lord Ganapathi as per story Raksha's King Ravana decides to invade Amaravati, the capital of the heavenly kingdom of Indra. Scared of Ravana's plans, Indra asks Narada for help. Narada informs Indra that Ravana's strength comes from the worship performed by Kaikasi, Ravana's mother. He suggests that Indra sabotage Ravana's mother's worship of Saikatha Lingam, a sand sculpture representation of Lord Siva. Ravana decides to perform penance and bring Lord Siva's Atma Lingam for his mother to worship. Hearing of Ravana's plans from Narada, Goddess Parvathi, Lord Siva's consort, appeals to Lord Vishnu. When Lord Siva appears to Ravana to grant his wish, Lord Vishnu manipulates Ravana's mind and makes him wish for Goddess Parvathi. As Ravana proceeds home with Goddess Parvathi, Narada meets him midway and tells him that his companion is a fake Parvathi. Dejected by the subterfuge, Ravana returns Goddess Parvathi to Lord Siva. During his return journey, he meets Mandodari, the young princess of Pathala. Believing she is the real Goddess Parvathi, he marries her. Eventually, he realizes what happened and appeals to Lord Siva for forgiveness by presenting his severed head. Lord Siva presents Ravana with Atma Lingam and warns him that, if the Atma Lingam ever touches the earth, it can never be moved again. Narada instigates Lord Vinayaka to trick Ravana into grounding the Atma Lingam at what later became known as Gokarna Kshethram in Karnataka.

Nice discription of the story using the statues and stages.its nice experience inside the cave. Do visit when visiting the temple.

Its top clear view from Murdeshwar temple you can clearly view the temple. The entry fee to visit museum RS 20 inside you will have all the avatars of Ravana how he got athmalinga its short visual treat about lord Ravana. Must visit place near murdeshwar temple.

It's a nice museum with couple of statues showing the stories related to Lord Shiva , entrance fee is very less ₹10 for adults and ₹5for kids .