Shree somnath temple
Shree somnath jyotirling temple is
first among the twelve jyotirlings of India. It is situated in the western
coast of India. Shree somnath is a holy place of the aadi jyotirling shree Somnath Mahadev and from where god shri Krishna took his last journey to his neejdham.
The pilgrimage is one of the oldest and the ancient texts like skandpuram,
shreemad bhagvat, shivpuran etc. It is built at the shore of the Arabian ocean
on the western corner of the Indian subcontinent. Gangaji, yamunaji, eastward
saraswati are worshiped in this pilgrimage.
History
The somnath temple means ‘the
protector of moon god’. It is also known as “the shrine eternal”. It has been
destroyed six times and rebuilt six times. Recently it was rebuilt in 1947,
when sardar vallabhbhai patel visited the area for the integration of the
junagadh. After the death of the patel’s, the rebuilding continued under K.M.munshi
another minister of the government of India.
Timeline
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The first temple of somnath is said that it was existed
before the beginning of the era.
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The second temple was built by vallabhai in Gujarat, around
649 CE.
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Around 725 CE junagad, the governor of sind destroyed the
second temple.
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After that, the king gurjara pratihara constructed the third
temple in 815.
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In 1024 CE, the temple was once again destroyed.
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The temple was rebuilt by gujjar paramara.
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Like this, there were so many obstacles for somnath temple.
Finally it is situated in Gujarat.
Architecture
The temple is consisted of
garbhgruh, sabhmandap and nrityamandap with 150 feet high shikhar. The kailash
at the top of the shikhar weighs 10 tons and the dhwajdand is 27 feet tall and
a foot in circumference. The nearest land towards southpole is about 9936 km.
The somnath trust has endeavoured to develop the best pilgrimage and these
pilgrimage contribute generously to the noble cause.
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