SOMNATH – DWARKA JOURNEY 

Here in this post , I will show you some places which definately not many people must have seen for sure. Jay Somnath……………………..

4th January 2011 :- It was a very sad time for me as I was leaving Somnath , but at the same time I was happy that i was going to meet Lord Dwarkadhish in Dwarka . Now let me discuss travel. Jay Somnath………..

Travel :- Dwarka is around 230 kms from Somnath by road NH8E. There is no other means of transport apart from road and there is one way to go there. The whole road is besides sea and you will rejoice travelling by this road NH8E . Between Somnath and Dwarka comes Porbander city around 130 kms from Somnath, the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi.Jay Somnath…………………

The whole road is fantastic apart from few streches. The whole journey will be airy besides sea , wind moves and you will find lot of windmills from Suzlon energy. There may be many means to go from Somnath to Dwarka , but as far as I know. You can go by a ) Luxury bus b) Gujarat State Transport c) private cars.Jay Somnath…………….

Jay Somnath :- Somnath to Dwarka Coastal Road

Gujarat State Transport buses  have a very good frequency toDwarka from Somnath . Morning time :- 6.30 am and then at 9.00 am . I don’t know after this. But it is good to start in morning because it take around 7.00 hours to reach Dwarka. Fare :- Rs. 135 . Jay Somnath…………………..

Second one are Luxury Buses , where they charge around Rs. 170 but in between they show us three temples. a) Narvai Mata Temple b) Mool Dwarka  मूल द्वारका ( original Dwarka) and c) Harshad Mata. They start at 8.30 am and 2.30 pm. Jay Somnath……………………

In both the cases , the time to reach is around 7.00 hours . Jay Somnath………………..

Finally you can book private vehicle but always they will charge two way. Jay Somnath……………..

So I decided to go from luxury bus and in the end I didn’t make any wrong decision. Jay Somnath……………

Our Bus was scheduled to leave at 8.30 am and at sharp 8.30 am it left . I shouted on top of my voice,  JAY SOMNATH…………………………………….

and then,

JAY DWARKADHISH …………………………….

Along with me all pilgrims in the bus also shouted on their top of voices………………

After beautiful cold and windy journey of around two and half hours just few kms before Porbander we stopped at Narvai Mata temple. This was our first darshan as well as breakfast joint as well. Here there is no village just large temple on the road. Idon’t know anything about the legend but vibrations in this temple are fabulous.Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Just see the photographs below

Narvaai Mata Temple

Khodiyaar Mata with her crocodile vehicle

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Narvaai Mata Idol.

Then we reached Porbander ( 130kms  from Somnath ) birth place of Mahatma Gandhi. Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

ORIGINATION OF GOLDEN DWARKA CITY

After few kms away from Porbander comes Mool Dwarka :- Mool means original from root. This was actually the place where Lord Krishna first came leaving Mathura. Legend is that after killing Kansa , Jarasandha became Lord Krishna’s prior enemy. He attacked Mathura 17 times and every time he was defeated by Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama.Finally it was decided by Lord that he will create new city which will defend from the enemy naturally . That was the formation of Dwarka. While Dwarka was made by Lord Vishwakarma, God of Architecture, at that time again Jarasandha attacked Mathura along with yavan king Kaalyavan. Kaalyavan was the king who had boon that he cannot be killed by any weapon.So Lord Krishna tricked him. He asked Kaalyavan for one to one fight and that to away from both the armies.  They went in a lonely place. Then instead of fighting Lord Krishna ran away teasing Kaalyavan. Kaalyavan got infuriated and chased Lord Krishna telling him Rannchhod ( Rann :- Battlefield, Chhod :- leave) . It ws this time that Lord got this name. And then Lord went to the cave near Jungadh called Muchkund cave. Here King Muchkund was sleeping. He had a boon from all devtas that he will remain asleep for long time and whoever tries to wake him up will be smeared into ashes. Lord Krishna put his ward robe on King Muchkund and hid inside and Kaalyavan thinking him to be Lord Krishan hit him. This woke up King Muchkund and when he saw Kaalyavan he was smeared into ashes. Thus again winning the battle tactically.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

After this incident Lord Krishna  was also called ” Rannchhod” . And After this incident this was the place where Lord first came after defeating Kaalyavan and Jarasandha. So this place is called MOOL DWARKA. Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Mool Dwarka ( Original Dwarka first one ).

The temple here is very beautiful,old and worth watching……………..Specially the Lord Rannchhod Idol.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Mool Dwarka Temple

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Main entrance  of Mool Dwarka Temple

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Very old temples inside ( Neelkanth Mahadeva temple)

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Shree Rannchhod jee. ( Swayambhu)

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Neelkanth Mahadeva , very old and original Swayambhu Shivalinga

There is also a very old Shivalinga called Neelkanth Mahadev. Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

And there are many small temples in the complex.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Mahalaxmi and Gayatri Mata temples

Then then after Mool Dwarka it was time for Harsiddhi Mata Darshan:- The famous Shaktipeeth in Ujjain was originally from here. King Vikramditya from Ujjain with his devotion requested Harsiddhi to come with him to Ujjain. So Harsiddhi Mata went along with King Vikramaditya in Ujjain. It is also called Harshad Mata.   Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

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Jay Dwarkadhish:- Harsiddhi Mata Temple

Jay Dwarkadhish – On the road between Somnath and Dwarka you will find windmills all the way.Very fascinating besides the sea

Please click below to see the Landscape while approaching Dwarka in Bus. Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

And Finally around 2.30 we reached Dwarka . We stayed in Kokilaben Dhirybai Ambani rest house which has excellent facities , but no TV and AC rooms.Also I have a habit whenever i reach any Teertha the first thing I do is keep luggage take bath and meet the Lord there. So please have a Great view of Temple and its history.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Dwarkadhish temple

The Dwarakadhish temple  is a temple dedicated to Lord Krishna who is worshipped here by the name Dwarkadhish or ‘King of Dwarka”‘.The main shrine of the five storied building, supported by 72 pillars, is known as Jagat Mandir or Nija Mandir, and is believed to be 2500 years old.Here you will find almost all forms of god from Lord Shiva to Lord Ganapati , Jagadamba Mata, Lord Dattatreya etc to temples of Lord main queens Satyabhama, Jambuvanti, etc. apart from Rukmini. Rukmini temple is located around two kms from Dwarka and I will show you in the next stop.The Dwarkadhish Temple is Pushti Marg Temple hence it follows the guidelines and rituals created by Shri Vallabacharya and Shri Vitheleshnathji.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

The present temple was built in 16th century, while the original temple was believed to have been built by Lord Krishna’s grandsonVajranabha and became part of the CharDham pilgrimages considered most sacred by Hindus in India after Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya ,the 8th century reformer and philosopher, visited the shrine and even today a memorial within the temple is dedicated to his visit. Dwarakadheesh is the 108th Divya Desam of Lord Vishnu on the subcontinent, glorified in the sacred texts.   Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

The entrance to the temple is from the north also known as the Moksha Dwaar while towards the south is the Swarg Dwar from where a series of steps leads down to the banks of river Gomti. According to legend  the temple was constructed in a single day by Vishwakarma, the lord of construction and architecture. The deity of Lord Dwarkadhish is made of shiny black stone and is about 2.25 feet in height. The four hands of the Lord Dwarkadhish carries a conch, wheel, a mace and a lotus each and is popularly known as ‘Shankh Chakra Gada Padma Chaturbhuj’. It is said that the deity was hidden for years to protect it from Muslim invaders while another deity brought from the Rukmini temple was installed in its absence. The original deity was reinstalled during the 16th century after the construction of the new temple.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Jay Dwarkadhish – Dwarkadhish temple

Now have the darshan of most beautiful and cutest idols I have ever seen. You just feel like taking it home . WOW…………………………

Boliye :- SHREE DWARKADHISH MAHARAJ KI JAI………………..

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Lord Dwarkadhish

But I couldn’t take the idol home, But my bhaav was to have Most Beautiful Shree Dwarkadhish at my place . So I took  Lord Dwarkadhish at my place in form of  his beautiful  image. Jay Dwarkadhish………………..

Jay Dwarkadhish – Aarya and Dwarkadhish

Jay Dwarkadhish :- Sonali, Aarya and Lord Dwarkadhish

One More thing to tell You :- No person staying in Dwarka ( Local people) in Dwarka says the word Krishna . They all say either Dwarkadhish or Dwarkesh r Dwarkanath or Dwarkapati etc.  ( anything related to Dwarka and Lord ). This is there Bhaav. They can’t take the name of their King .Even shops are not named in name of Krishna . Its either Dwarkadhish or Dwarkesh or Dwarkanath or Dwarkapati etc.  Jay Dwarkadhish…………….

Dear ALL,

Thanks for Reading and having Darshan. In next post I will come up with places around Dwarka with some beautiful snaps which I bet  no one must have seen.

JAY DWARKADHISH……………………..

About Vishal Rathod

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I am Vishal Rathod from Mumbai.I am a devotee, that is why I am a Ghumakkar. An Engineer, MBA by education, Sales Professional by profession and a small devotee by heart.I like to travel religious places. From past 3 years I have started travelling every three to four months.I am tired of excess materialism and have shifted my focus on spiritualism. My goal as a ghumakkar in life is to visit as many religious places as possible and do bhakti.The only reason to write in ghumakkar.com is to benefit fellow devotees to perform their pilgrimage smoother and easier.God bless all of you. aum namah shivaya . hare krishna hare ram.

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