Kotilingeshwara Temple (Kannada: ಕೋಟಿಲಿಂಗೇಶ್ವರ) a temple in the village of Kammasandra in Kolar district, Karnataka, India. The Kammasandra village was earlier known as Dharmasthali. The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Shiva. The temple has one of the largest Shivalingams in the world. Background Information Before Kammasandra village was known as "Kammasandra" it was known as "Dharmasthali" and was where Manjunatha Sharma (CE 788-827) aka. Bhakta Manjunatha lived. Bhakta Manjunatha was born in Dharmasthali to a family of Shaiva Brahmins and was always a man of good character, but was an atheist who insulted Lord Shiva ever since he was little. He ran a local wrestling school and participated in vigilantism instead of working in his family's catering business and participating in religious traditions. Later in his life, he realized the divinity of Lord Shiva and became an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. Then, one day when Bhakta Manjunatha and his family visited the local Lord Shiva temple, a few incidents occurred which were interpreted as bad omens and every single holy deepa (incensed lamp) in the temple premises became unlit. The other temple-goers then accused Bhakta Manjunatha as the cause. Nevertheless, Maharaja Ambikeshwaravarma, a local viceroy for the ruling Rastrakuta Dynasty and another Shaiva devotee, happened to be in attendance when that happened and quickly quelled the mob. He then approached Manjunatha to prove his innocence by making every lamp glow again. Bhakta Manjunatha sang the devotional song Mahaprāņa Deepam composed by Mahārishi Vyasa and made them glow brighter than ever before. Everyone realized that Manjunatha was a changed man and was the greatest devotee of Lord Shiva. He is believed to have insulted Lord Shiva ten million times in his lifetime. Therefore, to acquit himself of his past sins, Bhakta Manjunatha, under the patronage of Maharaja Ambikeshwaravarma and the help of his family, created ten million lingas and consecrated them. Hence the name Kōtilingeshwara, where Kōti means crore and installed them in the area now known as Kōtilingeshwara Temple. The temple structures themselves were built by Swamy Sambhashiva Murthy in 1980. The entire story of Bhakta Manjunatha was captured into a critically acclaimed bilingual feature film titled Sri Manjunatha by producer Nara Jayasridevi and director K. Raghavendra Rao. The main attraction of the temple is a huge linga measuring tall and tall Nandi idol, surrounded by lakhs of small lingas spread over an area of . The