Places To Visit In Somnath Sightseeing

The legendary shore temple of Somnath is located near Veraval. The Somnath temple is one of the twelve most sacred shrines dedicated to the Lord Shiva. The temple contains the jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva. This temple has a very long history. According to the legends, the Somnath temple is very old and was originally built in gold by the Somraj.

Rudreshwar Temple is a ruined temple located near the Somnath temple. This temple dates from the same time as the Somnath Temple and was laid out in a similar fashion. The sculptures on the walls and doorways give an indication of what the Somnath Temple was like.

The Prabhas Pata Museum is strikingly laid out in courtyard centered rooms and contains interesting remains of the previous temples, with lots of beautiful fragments, including an elaborate 11th century ceiling.

Bhalka Tirth is situated halfway between the Veraval and Somnath. At this place, the Lord Krishna was mistaken for a deer and wounded by an arrow. The legendary spot is at the confluence of the three rivers. This place is entered through the small Sangam (confluence gate), known as the Nana. North of this sacred spot is the Suraj Mandir or Sun Temple.

The Triveni Ghat has been frequently mentioned in the Vedas and Purans. It literally means 'the holy confluence of three rivers' - Kapila, Hiran and Saraswati. Its confluence with the ocean is also a sacred 'moksha tirtha' (salvation pilgrimage) for Hindus. It also finds mentions in the Mahabharata, as it is believed that the Pandavas had visited the place to take a holy bath and built five temples of Lord Shiva here too. Temples like Lakshminarayan temple and Gita Mandir are located on the banks of the ghat.

It is a temple dedicated to Lord Parshuram and located on the banks of Triveni. As per Skand Purana, this was the place where Lord Parshuram carried out his long penance and was relieved from the curse of killing a Kshatriya by Lord Somnath. There are two ancient kunds in the premises of the temple.

This temple is also located on the banks of the Triveni Sangam Ghat. There are 18 marble pillars in the temple on which the divine shlokas from Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta are engraved in Sanskrit.