THE SOMNATH TEMPLE OR DEO PATAN IS A HINDU TEMPLE LOCATED IN PRABHAS PATAN, VERAVAL IN GUJARAT, INDIA. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THE FIRST VERSION OF THE SOMNATH TEMPLE WAS BUILT WITH ESTIMATES VARYING BETWEEN THE EARLY CENTURIES OF THE 1th MILLENNIUM AND ABOUT THE 9th CUNTURY CE.
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THIS IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF SOMNATH TEMPLE TO VISIT TWO MOST VISITING PLASES IN SOMNATH TEMPLE , BHALKA TIRTH TEMPLE, SOMNATH BEACH, BAAN STAMBH, SOMNATH SEA, GETA MANDIR.
BY ROAD:- ONE OF THE MOST CONVENIENT WAYS TO REACH SOMNATH IS BY ROAD THE MOST COMMON ROUT IS VIA THE NH47 AND NH27 THROUGH PICTURESQUE TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
BY TRAIN:- VERAVAL RAILWAY STATION IS THE CLOSEST RAILWAY STATION TO SOMNATH. THIS RAILWAY STATION IS WELL LIKED TO MAJOR INDIAN CITIES INCLUDING MUMBAI AND AHMEDABAD.
BY AIR:- THE NEAREST AIRPORT BY DISTANCE IS THE DIU AIRPORT, THERE ARE REGULAR TAXI SERVICE FROM DIU TO SOMNATH.
BALKA TEERTH IS THE ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE OF SOMNATH CITY. THE TEMPLE AT BALKA TEERTH IS KNOWN AS MAHAPRABHUJI A TULSI TREE HAS BEEN PLANTING IN LORD KRISHNA'S HONOUR.
ALONG WITH THE WORLD- FAMOUS SOMNATH TEMPLE, THE SOMNATH BEACH ALSO FORMS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ITINERARY OF A TORIST VISITING GUJARAT. ONE CAN ALSO FIND MANY JOGGERS RUNNING ALONG THE PATH IN EARLY MORNING AND EVNING.
BAAN STAMBH ( ARROW PILLAR), SOMNATH MANDIR, GUJARAT. OF WONDER AND HISTORICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY VERY ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE EVEN 1500 YEARS AGO, A PILLAR IN THE PEEMISES OF THE SOMNATH TEMPLE KNOWN AS THE BAAN STAMBH ( ARROW PILLAR).
THE GITA MANDIR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIRLA GROUP. THE GEETA MANDIR IS FAMOUS FOR ITS DEPICTION OF BOOK BHAGAVAD GITA AND WALL PAINTING OF LORD KRISHNA.
