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Ahalyabai
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Bhalka
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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.
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Gita
Mandir |
Dehotsarg |
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