Location
The well-known Shiva temple of Puri, constructed in the 11th century, Loknath Temple is very close to and to the west of the Jagannath Temple. Mythology claims that the sacred shivling of this temple had been founded by Lord Ram. The spectacular specialty of this shivling is that it always happens to be under the water, belief says that Goddess Ganga flows as a stream of water through the head of the shivling.
The main festival of this temple is ‘Saranti-Somobar-mela’, during which thousands of devotees throng to the temple. It is of high belief that the shivling here has the devotional power of curing and giving relief from many diseases, if the sufferers visit here to seek darshan of Lord Loknath.