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…
Day 6 Started with early morning bus to Sonprayag , where I reached around 9:30 a.m. On the bus, I made another friend from Gurugram with whom I travelled for next 2 days.After breakfast , due to my experience in…
Details of Kedarnath Temple : The temple at Kedarnath, the Jyotirlinga of Shiva is open only for six months of a year (April-November).The temple is at a height of 3,583 m (11,755 ft) on the shores of Mandakini river. Like Badrinath, in Kedarnath…
Details of Badrinath: Badrinath is a very important Hindu pilgrimage destination , as it is one of the four 'Char Dhams' and 'Chota Char Dhams' pilgrimage sites. The temple is also one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, holy…
On the journey to Gangotri I got to know 3 people from Haryana , Punjab and Kerala . We went through a scenic 4 hour long journey to Gangotri . We got a glimpse of Himalayan snow mountains on the way.…