Kunakeshwar is a coastal village famous for the temple of God Kunakeshwar,believed to be ever-awakened deity Lord Shankar. The temple is situated on high costal hill. The mountainous background on one side and a long racky stretch of sand on the other make the sight of the temple much pleasant.
A legendary folk-story about this temple runs as follows A Mohammedan merchant was sailing aboard his boat at night. Suddenly the tempest broke and the boat lost its course and got upset. The merchant lost hopes of life.Presently he saw light of a flame at the distant coast. He prayed to the flame that if his boat safely reached the shore, he would build a temple of God there. And what a surprise ! His boat reached safe ashore. To evoke the blessings of divine power that had saved his life, he then built there a temple of God Shankar. But soon he was aware that his act of building a temple was against Islamic tradition. So he committed suicide by jumping down from the pinnacle of the temple. Later on his grave-tomb was erected on the very spot of his suicide. Today even this grave is intact. A grand fair is held annually on the day of Mahashivratri, when thousands of devotees visit the temple, evoke the blessings of God Shankar and participate in the holy rituals with devotion. The Shri Kunkeshwar Temple Trust has built holy resort named ‘BhaktaNiwas’ for devotees.