The Mahabaleshwar Temple is famous for the fact that a certain European woman desecrated the sacred Shivalingam in the sanctuary. After that, the Europeans are not allowed in this sanctuary.
Of course, we were not allowed into the temple itself as foreigners..but at the temple itself, before the service, there were ritual dances, a gorgeous hunchback and a snow-white bull...once I got to Gokarna itself, I plunged somewhere into the land of fairy tales..these streets, everyday life, food, clothes and mummified scarecrows..it was very impressive and remained in my memory))