1. Somnath
Temple, Veraval:
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| Somnath Temple |
In the past the Somnath Temple was known as the
treasure trove of wealth and goodies that were looted away by Muslim ruler. In
the year 722, Junamad, the Sindh Subhedar attacked it for the first time and
looted innumerable items from its treasure. Wonderful statue of Somnath can be
seen from the center because of the miraculous magnetic power. Ghajni Mohammed,
destroy this statue on Friday, 11th on May 1024 A.D.
The Somnath Temple is an ideal example of the
ancient Indian temple architecture.
According to legend, Soma, the moon God constructed
the sanctuary in gold, Ravan in silver, Krishna in wood and King Bhimdev of
Ahilwad in stone. Soma constructed the temple as a gesture after Lord Shiva
cured him of his ailment. This disease was created by his father-in-law Daksha
Prajapati's condemnation.
The surprising thing about Somnath is that from
Somnath Se-Shore there is no stair light land up to the Antarctica. In present
Somnath Temple is built in Chalukya style which is also known as Kailash
mahameru Prasad style. This style is reflects the Sompura salats skill which is
one of the Gujarat’s master masons.
Location
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Prabhas kshetra ,
Near veraval ,
Junagadh ,
Saurashtra,
Gujarat,India
2.
Dwarakadhish Temple, Dwarka:
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| Dwarakadhish Temple |
The Dwarkadhish Temple, which was also
known as the Jagat mandir (universal shrine) or Trilok sunder (the most
beautiful in all three worlds), is a Hindu Temple. It was the Capital of Lord
Krishna’s terrestrial kingdom. The Nij Shikhar is where the idol Dwarkadhish is
placed.
Originally built by Vajranabh, the
great grandson of Lord Krishna, more than 2500 years ago, it is a great
structure appearing to rise from the waters of the Arabian Sea. This sanctuary
is built of soft limestone and consists of sanctum, vertibule and rectangular
hall with yards on three sides. There are two gateways: Swagat dwar(gate of the
heavens) and moksha dwar (gate of the liberation).
The Dwarkadheesh sanctuary was
situated on the banks of river Gomati. He moved to Kusasthali which was the old
name of the district to escape the annoying attacks of Kansa's father-in-law
Jarasandha on Mathura after Krishna had murdered Kansa. Kusasthali was
Krishna’s familial place on his mother’s side.
Dwarka which was known as Suvarn
Dwarka. The Dwarkadhish temple and its shikhar rise to 170 feet. The flag
of the sanctuary is changed three times a day.
Location
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Saurashtra,
Jamnagar district,
Gujarat,India
3. Hanumanji Mandir, Sarangpur:
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| Sarangpur Hanuman Temple |
The
Sarangpur Hanuman temple murti will be placed on golden throne during
“Kastbhanjan Devta”. The golden throne is 25 kg in weight and its cost is
ectimated at Rs.11 crore. As Tuesday and Saturday is devoted to Hanumanji.
Location:
Kothari
Shree,
Sarangpur,
Barwala
Taluka,
Ahmedabad,
Gujarat,
India
4. Jalaram Bapa Temple, Virpur:
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| Jalaram Temple |
Shree Jalaram Bapa was born in the
year 1799 AD in the town Virpur, Gujarat. His mother, Rajbai was abnormally
attached to serving sadhus and sants. No sadhu and sants could go from Virpur
without accepting the kindness of Rajbai. Shree Jalaram Bapa's father's name
was Pradhan Thakkar, who was settled with business.
At the age of 18, Jalaram Bapa
received Shree Bhojalram from Fatehpur as guru and was given a "Guru Malaa
and Mantra" in the name of Shree Ram. The "Samadhi" of Shri
Jalaram Bapa is on the feet of God Shri Ram Chandra. Jalaram Bapa is also known
as greatness of the saint of Virpur.
Location:
Virpur, near NH- 8b,
Rajkot,
Gujarat, India.
5. Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, Gandhinagar:
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| Akshardham Temple |
Akshardham is one of the biggest
temple in the Gujarat. The temple complex dedications, exhibitions,
craftsmanship, structural planning, training and exploration at one spot. The
landmark which is situated in a 23-section of land plot at Gandhinagar is assembled
in pink sandstone. It is 108 feet tall and 6000 tons of stone has gone into its
making. A point significant is that this advanced landmark to Hinduism was
manufactured according to the directives of Vastu Shastra. Not a touch of steel
has been utilized.
In Nov' 1992, Akshardham temple was
initiated by Pramukh Maharaj himself, the promoter of BAPS. Now a day,
Akshardham temple has changed into a major and well known fascination amongst
the significant others and tourists.
Akshardham temple is a standout
amongst the most grand structures of present day India. Inside the complex of
Akshardham, untruths an excellent greenhouse known as Sahajanand Van. As per
the Swaminarayan philosophy at whatever point Lord Swaminarayan incarnates on
this planet he carries with him his Akshardham.
The Sat-Chit-Anand Water Show reveals
India’s old mystery secret of inner light through an Upanishadic story of
Nachiketa, a nine year old boy, who bravely confronts Yamraaj, the God of
Death, and receives from him the knowledge that has made India, a land of
enlightenment.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Timings: After sunset
Location:
J
Road, Sector 20,
Gandhinagar,
Gujarat,
India.
6. Bahuchara Mata, Mahesana:
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| Bahucharamata Temple |
There are 3 temples of Bahucrarji -
"Adyasthan" is the first temple, as long as the center temple is
known as 'Madhyasthan'. There is a Varkhadi tree around the city where it is
accepted the Goddess had appeared. The first temple "Adyasthan" was
constructed by Manajirao Gaikwad Sarkar in year 1839 AD. He is Maharaja of
Baroda. Fairs are held consistently, in the months of Chaitra and Ashadhi
purnima.
Bahucharaji temple is open from 5:00 am to 9:00 pm
and puja of "Bahucharaji Mataji" are conducted from 7:00 am to 11 am.
Bahucharaji temple is 100 km far from Gandhinagar and 110 km from
Ahmedabad.
Bahucharaji Temple is a well-known religious place
of Hindu religion of Gujarat.
Location:
Shankhalpur, Bechraji
Mehsana District
Gujarat, India.
7. Shamlaji Temple, Shamalaji:
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| Shamlaji Temple |
Shamlaji Temple has a statue of Lord Krishna as
"Shamdiya Bhagwan". There are three Vishnu temples of Gujarat -
Dakor, Dwarka and Shamlaji are the ultimate critical place of journey, as well
as are the best Vishnu temples as well. What's more, among this three once
more, the Shamlaji temple is consider as the best for its creative magnificence
in figure and construction modeling too. While Dwarka temple has the
organization of the Ocean, Shamlaji temple lives with the Mountains, backwoods,
and the excellence of the River Meshvo, streaming nearby.
The "Gadadhar" picture of the lovely
temple is extremely appealing. Sakshi Gopal or Gadadhar is a dark
representation of Lord Vishnu adored at the Shamlaji Temple. This is one of the
uncommon temples of Lord Krishna in which bovine symbols are additionally loved
delineating his youth as a cowherd. Whatever the Gadadhar picture of the temple
helps us to remember the excellence of Ranchhodrai temple of Dakor. This
picture is 130 cm tall, produced using wonderful dark marble, to present the
Chaturbhuj type of Lord Vishnu.
A Gate with heroical cut elephants permits you to
enter the temple premises with a huge open ground in the front, through the
seven-layered temple toward the end of it. There is a excellence of theory
about the relic of this temple , however. Still, for the most part acknowledged
time is basically between 400 to 500 years prior.
Shamlaji temple has stone designing in its external
part with symbols of divine beings, sprites, artists and heavenly dance
specialists. Shamlaji temple stands on the banks of the Meshwo river, in love
of Lord Vishnu. The Meshwo river canal wanders over its rough bed in the valley
quickly under, and the waters of an stunning common lake, of awesome
magnificence shimmer in the midst of the very much green slopes.
As per the one story an Adivasi find out the
icon of Lord Shamlaji while furrowing his land. He loved it by lighting a light
ordinary and was honored for his confidence by having a rich yield in his
homestead. Learning of this, a Vaishnava shipper assembled the temple and
introduced the symbol in that, which was later decorated by the Idar rulers.
All the more as of late, an unmistakable business family further remodeled this
temple. Another legend has it that Vishwakarma, the modeler of the Gods,
developed this temple in one night, yet as it was morning when he finished it,
he couldn't bring it with him and needed to return abandoning it here. The
inward columns have base of squares, or rectangles or rounds. The series of
blooms circle these as far as possible up. The external dividers however are
plentifully shaped all around. There are figures of divine beings and
goddesses, of men and incalculable creatures, topographical plans and huge
variety of blooms. Among these the design of figure are amazing where the
scenes are indicated from the legends of Mahabharata, Ramayana and even the
Bhagvatgita and different Puranas. In keeping with the demonstrated outlines,
in the divider corners littler pictures of divine beings and goddesses like
Indra, Agni, Varun, Saraswati, Shiva, Ganesh, Indrani, vayu, Chandrika and
others are likewise introduced. The cutting of Kuber is
significant.
The Shamlaji fair goes on for about 21 days, around
the month of November. Kartik Purnima (Full moon night) is the most necessary
day for the reasonable. This is the biggest fair of the whole Gujarat.
The Shamlaji temple is held at Shamlaji arranged in
the Sabarkantha district (after August 2013 known as Aravalli/Modasa
area) close to the outskirt in the middle of Gujarat and Rajasthan on the NH
No. 8. It is around 122 km from Ahmedabad and around 32 km from
Himmatnagar.
Location:
Shamlaji, NH-8,
Sabarkantha district(now Aravalli
District),
Gujarat, India.
8.
Ranchhodraiji Temple, Dakor:
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| Ranchhodraiji Temple |
According to one legendary story very well known
about Gujrat-Ambodi Brahmins who wanted to take back the idol of Lord Krishna
from Dakor to Dwarka. Respectively these Brahmins were given gold worth
the heaviness of the idol and Lord Ranchhodrai was measured as small as the
ring of Gangabai - wife of Bodana. The place where the deity was weighed
is still exists near Gomtighat.
The Temple opens at 6.45 AM in the morning and shut
down at 7.30 PM Evening between which there are eight darshans - Mangla, Snan,
Bal Bhog, Shringar, Gwal Bhog, Rajbhog, Utthapan, Shayan.
Dakor was known as 'Dankor' after the name of
Dankanth Mahadev. It was established as khakhariya because of many
khakhra(palash) trees in the vicinity.
Shree Ranchhodraiji Temple located in Dakor, at a
distance of 70 km from Vadodara.
Location:
Shri Ranchhodraiji Maharaj Mandir,
Dakor, Dist: Kheda
Gujarat, India.
9. Sun temple, Modhera:
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| Sun Temple |
Modhera or Modherapura also known as Mundera is said
to have been the original settlement of modha Brahmans. Having its
storied past relating to the Ramayana it is further believed that modha
Brahmans received Modhera as a krsnarpana on the occasion of the marriage of
Rama and Sita. According to the Skanda Purana after beat Ravana, Lord
Rama consulted Muni Vasishta to show him a place of pilgrimage where he could
go and purify himself of the sin of Brahma hatya (the dispatching of a
Brahman). The Muni established him dharmaranya.
The Modhera sun temple enclose three main chambers,
specifically Surya Kunda, Sabha Mandap and Guda Mandap. Surya Kunda is
esantially a beautifully carved stepped tank that was named after Sun God. This
100 sq meter rectangular tank was utilized to store neat water. The devotees
used to take a halt here for ceremonial ablutions before moving towards the
temple. Sabha mandap is the hall, where people gather for discussions on
religious topics. This hall is open from all the four sides and has 52
delicately carved pillars. The difficult carvings depict scenes from the
Ramayana, Mahabharata (Indian Epics) and scenes from the life of Lord Krishna.
Guda Mandap is the sanctum sanctorum, also known as the main temple. The carved
walls also depict the aspects of human life like the vicious sphere of death
and birth. The coloring of this hall was remodeled in the recent years. The
Temple was ruined by Mahmud of Ghazni.
From the torana a flight of steps leads down to the
Surya kund in front of it. Outside this sabha-mandapa are two pillars of a
torana from which the arch is missing.The Surya-kund also known as Rama-kunda
is rectangular and measures 176 feet north to south, by 120 feet east to west.
On its sides and corners are various little holy places with the pictures of
divine beings and goddesses namely Goddess Shitala, Jalasayi Vishnu, Trivikrama
etc.
Modhera is presently the site of certain dance and
cultural festivals. The sun temple and the climate here provide a majestic
backdrop for the exhibition of performing arts.
The Sun Temple located to 102 kms from Ahmedabad on
the bank of the river Pushpavati.
Location:
Modhera,
Gujarat, India.
10. Palitana – Bhavnagar:
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| Palitana |
These temples were built in two
phases-the 11th and 12th centuries as a part of the resurgence of temple
building all over India, and in the 16th century. Some of the earliest temples
built in the 11th century were destroyed by Muslim invaders in the 14th and
15th centuries. The current temples date back to 16th century onwards. Not any
one person or group was responsible for the construction of these magnificent
temples.
The sculptures that adorn the marble
temples present a feast to the eyes.
Palitana located 55 km south west of
Bhavnagar.
Location:
Bhavnagar,
Gujarat, India.
