Roaming In Gujarat

Details of the Statue Of Unity : Statue of Unity is the tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) who was the first Home minister of India and highly respected for his leadership in uniting the 562 princely states of India to…

The legend of Somnath : The Somnath temple is located in Prabhas patan near Veraval in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. It is the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga temples of Shiva. The site of Somnath has been a pilgrimage site from ancient…

History of Dwarka : The name, Dwarka literally means the “gateway to heaven”. According to the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna settled here after he defeated and killed his uncle Kansa at Mathura. Krishna created  Dwarka by reclaiming 12 yojanas or 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) of…

Claims for Nagesh Jyotirling : After a short break ,we went to Nageshwar Jyotirlinga temple which is located 15k.m.s from Dwarka. It seems there is a bit of confusion regarding the location of the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga.In the Shiva Purana and the…

History of Saurashtra: After India’s independence in 1947, 217 princely states of Kathiawar, including the former Junagadh State, were merged to form the state of Saurashtra on 15 February 1948.  The exercise took up a lot of Shri Vallabh bhai…

Travel Plan: We started the Road-trip to Gujarat from Bangalore via Pandharpur , Maharashtra by car.We intend to roam in Gujarat for 4-5  days and cover places in Saurashtra like Dwarka, Somnath, Porbandar and the newly unveiled  Statue of Unity. The…