Explore the Enchanting Somnath Tourist Places: A Spiritual Journey

Somnath is pilgrimage temple town located along the coastline in Prabhas Patan, in Gujarat, 400 kilometers away from Ahmedabad. Somnath, meaning 'lord of the moon' and is a pilgrim center and is home to one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. 

Somnath is a place where strong vibes of religion and legends lingers around tourism and even in daily life. The spiritual environment is ornamented by the huge number of temples in the area, but the town also offers beaches, museums and other attractions. While the Somnath temple and Somnath beach are the main attraction to visit here, Gita Mandir, Balukha Tirtha, Kamnath Mahadev Temple, Somnath Museum are some of the other places that one can visit.
 

Somnath Temple, Somnath 
 

The Somnath Temple is first of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva. The temple is located on the western coast of Gujarat and is one of the oldest temples of the country. The temple is located on the ancient Triveni Sangam or the confluence of three rivers - Kapila, Hiran, and Saraswati.

The temple is known as an eternal shrine owing to its perseverance against the test of time. It is said that the temple was looted and destroyed as many as seventeen times by emperors like Mahmud Ghazni, Alauddin Khilji, and Aurangzeb. And the temple was reconstructed several times in the past after repeated destruction by multiple Muslim invaders and rulers.

After India's independence, the present Somnath temple was reconstructed in the Māru-Gurjara style of Hindu temple architecture. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the force behind the revival and reconstruction of the present-day temple in 1951 which still serves as a notable edifice of the original Somnath Temple. The temple attracts millions of devotees all throughout the year.

Bhalka Tirth, Somnath