One of the beautiful manmade lord Giant Shiva statue is located on the banks of the mighty arabian sea which is in Karnataka ( murudeshwar) . With a gopuram of 20 storey ( floors) .It is one of the most tourist visited places in Karnataka. We find people from all over the country visiting the lord murudeshwar.A giant shiva statue was contructed on an island. This island was made specially for the construction of the shiva statue.You can have a nice time on the beaches. We can also find many lodges to get accommodation at an economy prices.The food here is an avarage. If you are planning to cook for yourselves then You can also get sea food as we can see many vendors at the beach.The maintenance of the beaches and temple are good.Infront of the shiva statue there is a gopuram which is twenty storey. We can go upto the 18th storey through a lift operated and maintained by the temple employees.The view of the giant shiva statue from the 18th floor of the gopura is an outstanding fabulous view with the sea on both sides and the shiva statue is centred.One cannot forget the beautiful view in a lifetime.When you visit the lord shiva statue there is a small temple and a man made caves right under the shiva statue.Overall you should visit once in a lifetime.Kids can have a lot of fun in the beaches.I visited this place three times in a span of 10 months as I truely madly love this place.What next after murudeshwar? Here is the answer.From murudeshwar the next tourism place is marvantha beach which is the only special beach in india which has a river flowing parallel to it but the river water and the sea water doesnot get mixed up. It can be spotted through google maps gps system.so no need to worry of the location. You should definitely check this beautiful beach.After visiting marvanthe beach to continue your tour. I will guide you in my next post.keep following me.i will describe the tour plans.