Koti Teertha

Koti Teertha is a sacred man-made temple tank located in the heart of Gokarna town in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. Situated close to the Mahabaleshwar Temple, it is surrounded by temples, shrines and traditional houses. The rectangular tank with stone steps is considered highly holy by pilgrims who take a ritual dip before temple darshan. It is a central cultural and religious landmark of Gokarna's temple town landscape.

Visitors can expect a large rectangular sacred tank with stone steps on all sides, surrounded by small temples, shrines and old residential buildings in central Gokarna. The water is used for ritual bathing before visiting the Mahabaleshwar Temple. The area is active with pilgrims, priests and daily rituals, with temples and ghats to walk around, photograph and observe traditional religious practices in a compact temple-town setting.

Koti Teertha is a historic temple tank associated with Gokarna's development as a major Shaivite pilgrimage centre. Tradition associates the tank with the legend of its creation as a convergence of many sacred waters for ritual use by pilgrims visiting the Mahabaleshwar Temple. The tank and surrounding shrines reflect the historic temple-town planning of Gokarna.

The tank holds high religious importance for Hindu pilgrims, who consider a dip in Koti Teertha purifying before darshan at the Mahabaleshwar and Maha Ganapati Temples. It is regarded as a sacred teertha where many holy waters are believed to converge, and remains a focal point for daily rituals, festivals and religious gatherings in Gokarna.