A Glimpse Of The History Of Somnath Temple

By Author: Jenny Franklin
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The Temple is located about 5kms from Saurashtra a place called Veraval in Gujarat. History says that Temple was built with gold and then Ravana built again the temple with silver and at last it was built by Lord Krishna in wood, then it was the turn of Bhimdev to build the temple with material stone. Somnath was destroyed and rebuilt six times. If you wish to go for In search of spirituality at India, then you can choose India Tours.

According to history Soma or the moon god was cursed due to his negligence behavior to other wives. Soma loved his wives Daksha. His wives complaint about his behavior to father of Daksha and then he was cursed by his father in law. After that at the Prabhas Tirth a shivlinga was build by him and then he worshipped Lord Shiva to remove the entire curse. His prayers were heard and then agreed by Lord Shiva that God decided to remain there in that shivlingam forever.

Lots of people from different part of the world come here and worship at the shrine. It is believed the temple was there for years and the temple was rebuilt ...
... by the Yadava kings of Gujarat. The temple was destroyed for wealth and gold by the Mughal rulers but it was rebuilt again and again. Then Sardar Patel reconstructed the Somnath temple by collecting funds from the public. Now the present temple is built in a chalukya style of architecture and the temple is been managed by Shree Somnath Trust. This temple signifies twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva. It is very easy to reach this temple from any part of Gujarat. This temple is a symbol of rich cultural heritage of India. These types of ancient temples are made of scriptures like Rig-Veda of Hindu origin.

Other attraction near Somnath Temple

Veraval Beach – The beach is about 5kms from Somnath Temple and it is a tourist attraction place. You can relax and refresh your body and mind there. The Veraval beach is pleasant place to spend time with your family. The sprawling sand with palm trees gives you a different experience. No doubt the beach will provide you complete refreshment.

Bakhla Tirth – This place is near to the temple and it is believed that Lord Krishna was struck by an arrow by the tribal thousand of years ago. This place is called Bakhla Tirth by the followers of Hindu religion. It is believed that Krishna has done meditation under the pipal tree and the feet’s of Krishna can be seen there as a deer.

Dehotsarg Tirth – This is located at the banks of Hiran of about 1.5 km from the Somnath Temple. It is believed that Krishna took his divine Journey to Neejdham from this place. The foot prints of Krishna is been carved there as a mark of divine memory.

Rudresvara Temple – This temple is located near to Somnath temple. This temple is also made in the similar fashion of Somnath temple.

Prabas Pata museum – This museum contain the remains of previous temple with lot of beautiful fragments and 11th century ceiling.

Different options to reach the place – you will get flight from Keshod which is about 47 kms which is connected with Mumbai. The nearest railway station is only 5 kms from the temple, place called Veraval. If you are coming by road then Somnath is connected by lots of big and small cities. Amdavad city is connected by road, rail and air. From Amdavad, Somnath is about 465 Km.

Accommodation – you can easily find hotels in Somnath of different budget. For the tourist there are guest house, rest house and inns. The hotels are reasonable and very comfortable to stay. You can easily find out different options for accommodation in Veraval.

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