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SOMNATH VERAWAL BEACHGeneral Information :: State Map :: Major Cities :: Beaches :: Wildlife :: Places of Worship :: Fairs & Festivals :: Gujarat Leading Travel Agents and Tour Operators of India
Verawal is a fishing port in between Diu and Porbandar on the Saurashtra coast is at a distance of
5 kms from the Somnath Temple. This temple is one of the twelve 'Jyotirlingas of Shiva'. The temple
is believed to have appeared first in gold, at the behest of the moon-god, next in silver,
created by the sun-god, a third time in wood at the command of Krishna,
and finally in stone, built by Bhimdeva, the strongest of the five
Pandava brothers form Mahabharata. It contains one of the
12 sacred Shiva shrines known as Jyotirlingas. Not surprisingly, temple
wealth came to the attention of the Mahmud of Ghazni, who captured and
plundered so many of western India's cities (997 -1030); the temple
was battered and pillaged, and its riches taken to Afghanistan.
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