MATHRUGAYA OR SIDHPUR GUJARAT

DWARKA

DWARKA;
LORD KRISHNA'S PLACE.,
ONE OF THE SAPTHA KSHETRAS,
Ayodya, mathura, maya, kashi, kanchi, avanthika, puri and dwarka,
ONE OF THE CHAR DHAMS,
ONE OF THE PEETHAS OF SHANKARCHARYA.,
GOMATHI SAROVARA, THE PLACE TO HAVE BATH,

SIDDHAPUR (MATRUGAYA)

SIDDHAPUR (BINDU SAROVAR)/ MATRUGAYA:
THIS PLACE IS ON THE BANKS OF RIVER SARASWATHI.
THE PLACE IS FAMOUS FOR THE SHRAD OF MOTHER (PITRU SHRAD IS IN GAYA,BIHAR)
PARASHAURAMA HAD KILLED HIS MOTHER AND IN THIS PLACE HE DID TARPAN OF HIS MOTHER TO RELIEVE HIM OF HIS MATRU SHAAP.
THERE ARE MANY TEMPLE IN THE AREA, PROMINENT AMONG THEM ARE SIDDESHWAR MAHADEV
THIS PLACE IS AROUND 150 KMS FROM AHMEDABAD

SOMNATH - GUJARAT

SOMNATH;
THE FIRST JYOTHIRLINGA OF THE 12. (91KMS FROM JUNAGAD)
STHAPANE BY CHANDRA, IT IS IN THE CONFLUENCE OF THREE RIVERS, KAPILA,SARASWATI AND HIRANYA, BATHING HERE IS IMPORTANT.
THE MAIN LINGA IS A GOOD 20 STEPS DOWN IN THE TEMPLE. HISTORY HAS IT THAT GHAZANI TRIED TO PLUNDER IT, AND THEN THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA HID IT INSIDE THE GROUND.
ONE MORE LINGA IS ABOVE THAT.
IN1783 INDORE RANI AHALYABAI HOLKAR REBUILT THIS TEMPLE AFTER SHE HAD A DREAM WHEREIN LORD HIMSELF TOLD HER THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS HID, AND ASKED HER TO BUILD A TEMPLE.
LATER ON SARDAR VALLABBHAI PATEL REBUILT THIS TO ITS PRESENT STATE.

NEARBY PLACES:
BHALAK THIRTH; 6KMS FROM SOMNATH,
IN THIS PLACE, THERE IS ONE PEEPAL TREE, AND THIS IS THE TREE WHEREIN LORD KRISHNA WAS TAKING REST. AND A HUNTER HIT HIS TOE WITH AN ARROW. AND THE LORD LEFT THIS WORLD HERE.
HENCE TAKING A ROUND OF THE TREE IS BELIEVED TO RELIEVE MAN OF HIS REBIRTHS.

AKSHRDHAM TEMPLE

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Located in Gandhinagar.

The monument enshrining the seven foot high gold-leafed Murti of Lord Ingenuity Swaminarayan, is a single-piece marble sculpture.

Built using 6000 tonnes of pink sandstone.

The structure is 108 feet high, 240 feet long and 131 feet wide.

The colonnade around the monument is 1,751 feet in length.

The building was inspired and moderated by PramukhSwami Maharaj, the spiritual head of the BochasanwasiShriAksharPurushottam SwaminarayanSanstha, whose 3,000 volunteers helped 7,000 artisans to construct Akshardham.

The Akshardham at Gandhinagar is a predecessor to the Akshardham at Delhi.

SUN TEMPLE

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Located in Modhera, Gujarat, it is situated on the bank of the river Pushpavati.

The temple comprises three separate but axially-aligned and integrated elements.

Religious gatherings are held in a magnificent pillared hall that is open from all sides and it has 52 intricately carved pillars.

108 miniature shrines are carved in between the steps inside the tank.

The carvings depict various scenes from the Hindu epics of Ramayan, Mahabharat and Krishna Lila.

It was built in 1026 AD by King Bhimdev of the Solanki dynasty.

It is dedicated to Lord Surya, the Sun God.

Modhera is now the site of several dance and cultural festivals.

PALITANA. GUJ

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It’s situated in Bhavnanagar district in Gujarat.

The temples are exquisitely carved in marble, veritable prayers in stone.

The temple covered Shetrunjaya hill, 2000 ft over Palitana town, believed to span 863 shrines in all.

It has some really exquisite marble temples of great religious and artistic importance, containing arches, carved pillars and bejeweled idols.

Palitana was the capital of a princely state of the Gohil Rajput clan.

The Palitana temples are considered the most sacred pilgrimage place by the Jain community.

Palitana houses perhaps the largest cluster of Jain temples anywhere.