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Ahalyabai Temple Bhalka Tirth

The Present Temple, Kailash Mahameru Prasada is built in the Chalukya style of temple architecture and reflects the inherent skill of Sompuras, Gujarat's  master masons.It has the Shikhar portion, the Garbh Gruh, the Sabha Mandap  and the  Nritya Mandap. Such a temple has not been constructed  in  India during the last 800 years. The Temple is situated at such a place that  there is  no  land in  between  from  Somnath  sea-shore  to Antartica, the South  Pole.Such an inscription in Sanskrit is found on the ARROW-PILLAR erected on the sea-protection wall at the Somnath Temple. The  Prabhas Kshetra is one of the most sacred places in India for Shaivaites as well as for Vaishnavites. Lord Krishna was  hurt  here  at Bhalka in his foot by  the  arrow  of  a hunter  who  mistook  him  to  be a deer. There is Bhalkha Tirth temple at this sacred place. His  mortal remains were cremated at Dehotsarga, on the banks of the river Hiren. Shree Somnath Trust has built Dehotsarg canopy and Gita  Mandir  at  Dehotsarga. The Dehotsarg canopy shelters  "Krishna - Charan ". Ahalyeshwar Mahadev Temple built by Queen Ahalyabai, Gita Mandir, Laxmi Narayan temple, Baldev Gufa, Mahaprabhuji's Bethak, Triveni  Sangam, Parshuram Kshetra, SUN Temple, Prachi and Shashibhushan  temples  are other  places of  religious  significance  in  and  around  the  Somnath  Temple complex. A statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai  Patel  stands out  in  the  precincts  in  commemoration  of  his  historic  association  with the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple.

Gita Mandir Dehotsarg


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