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Religious site- Somnath Jyotirlinga

Shree Somnath is primary among the twelve Aadi Jyotirlingas of India. It is located in Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Gujarat. It has a tactical position on the western shoreline of India. It is a significant pilgrimage and sightseer spot of Gujarat. Recreated numerous times within the former after frequent obliteration by invaders and Portuguese this temple was reconstructed in Chaulukya sort of Hindu temple architecture and completed within May 1951. The renovation was accomplished by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The site of Somnath has been a pilgrimage site from olden times on account of it being a Triveni Sangam (the confluence of three rivers namely Kapila, Hiran and Sarasvati. Soma Moon-god is thought to have lost his lustre due to a curse, and he bathed in the Sarasvati River at this site to recover it. The result’s the waxing and waning of the moon, no doubt a reference to the waxing and waning of the tides at this seashore scene. The name of the town Prabhas, meaning lustre, also because the alternative names Someshvar and Somnath that stands for the moon God that has arisen from this tradition.

Somnath
somnath

According to tradition, the Shivalinga in Somnath is one of the 12 jyotirlingas in India, where Shiva is believed to have appeared as a scorching column of light. The jyotirlingas are taken as the best, entire reality out of which Shiva partly appears.
Each of the 12 jyotirlinga sites takes the name of a special manifestation of Shiva. At all these sites, the key image is a lingam representing the no beginning and endless stambha (pillar), signifying the immeasurable nature of Shiva.

somnath
somnath

The site of Somnath has been a pilgrimage site from earliest times on version of existence a Triveni Sangam meaning the confluence of three rivers: Kapila, Hiran and the mythical Sarasvati. Soma, the Moon-god, is whispered to have lost his lustre due to a curse, and be immersed in the Sarasvati River at this site to regain it. The result is the waxing and waning of the moon, little question an allusion to the waxing and waning of the tides at this seashore location.

The temple is situated at such an area that there’s no land during a line between Somnath seashore until Antarctica, such an inscription in Sanskrit is found on the Bāṇastambha erected on the sea-protection wall. The Bāṇastambha mentions that it stances at a point on the Indian landmass that is the first point on land in the north to the South Pole at that particular longitude
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