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This sacred tirth is located 5 km on Prabhas Veraval highway.The arrow of the poacher named Jara at this spot hit Bhagvan Shree Krishna. Bhagvan Shree Krishna was resting in meditation pose under a pippal tree when the poacher misread the foot of Bhagvan Shree Krishna as a deer and hit from a distance.

BHALKA TIRTH

This Tirth is located on the banks of Hiran at a distance of 1.5km from Somnath temple. Bhagvan Shree Krishna took his divine journey to Neejdham from this sacred soil. Rich accounts of the divined Shree Krishna Neejdham Prasthan Leela are maintained by the authentic traditions of Mahabhart, Shrimad Bhagwat, and Vishnu Puran etc.

DEHOTSARG TIRTH

The Geeta Mandir comprises 18 pillars on which 18 chapters of Bhagawat Geeta are inscribed. Religious places like Dehotsarg, Mahaprabhuji Ni Bethak, Baldevji’s Cave, Lakshminarayan Temple and Bhimeshwar Mahadev are situated here.

GEETA MANDIR

This is the 65th Prabhas Patan Bethak of Mahaprabhuji from 84 bethakjis located at GaulokDham, Near Somnath Temple.

MAHAPRABHUJI BAITHAK

Shri Ram Mandir is dedicated to Lord Rama. The temple was built by Shree Somnath Trust in 2017. The temple is graceful and the sanctum has artistic idols of Lord Rama, Sita Devi and Lord Lakshmana. There are also two mini shrines dedicated to Lord Hanuman and Lord Ganesh beside the sanctum. All the idols are made of marble.

SHRI RAM MANDIR

Queen Ahilyabai constructed a new temple a little far from the original temple in 1783 AD. There is a cellar here, where Somnath Mahadev has been established.

AHILYABAI TEMPLE

The temple mentioned as Kedareshwar in Prabhas Khanda, is known as Rudreshwar in the present time. This Nagar style west-facing temple dates to 13th century

RUDRESHWAR

The shivlinga, here, was established by King Vraj and is known as Avadhuteshwar in the present time.

AVADHUTESHWAR TEMPLE

This temple of 13th – 14th century has a cone-shaped dome. Besides the temple, there is an ‘L’ shaped stepwell.

VENESHWAR

Prachi Tirth is a religious centre important for performing the sacred rituals for the ancestors. According to a legend, Lord Krishna, who was a descendant of the Yaduvansh, performed rituals at the tirth for his ancestors. Religiously, Prachi tirth is considered just as important as Kashi for the Hindu ceremonies.

PRACHI TIRTH

There are several Vaishnav and Shaiv kundas in Prabhas. From among the devi kundas, Gauri Mata kunda is particularly noteworthy.

GAURI KUND

A confluence of three holy rivers – Hiran, Kapila and Saraswati.

TRIVENI GHAT

This contains an 1169 AD adoration of Shrimad Bhavbrihaspati, religious Guru of Kumarpal, the then King of Anahilwad Patan, which contains details of the establishment of Somnath temple.

BHADRAKALI ROCK INSCRIPTION

Adorned with white lime, the temple has a wonderful architecture. Aches connecting the plain columns with the ceiling have beautiful carving. Inner sanctum houses a beautiful idol of Daityasudan swarupa made of black marble.

DAITYASUDAN TEMPLE

This is a hillock belonging to post-Harappan period. “Shav No Timbo” literally means “The hillock of the deceased”. Objects found from the hillock include small to big size bricks, pieces of red-clay utensils, mica-mixed black clay utensils, pieces of painted utensils, pieces of stone utensils, conchs, pieces of bangles made of conch, toys etc.

SHAV NO TIMBO

The museum contains several relics of Somnath temple of 10th, 11th and 12th century.

SOMNATH MUSEUM

In this stepwell, one can see small alcoves and caves made by carving of the stones. Every cave consists shivlinga and ancient idols.

MATRI VAV

Ruins of several sun temples are found even today in the vicinity of Prabhas. The Sun Temple nearby Triveni is one among them.

SUN TEMPLE

The elevation of this Jain temple is simple, however, the inner part has carved ceiling and arches. The ceiling is kept high in order to allow enough light to enter.

OLD JAIN TEMPLE

There are about ten Jain temples of different size and scale in Prabhas, nine of which are in one area only. The remaining Neminath temple is situated in Kothi sheri. Out of all, the Chandraprabhu Swami temple is the major one.

JAIN TEMPLES

These caves date from around 1st to 2nd century AD.

OLD CAVES

Prabhas Patan have several old havelis, many of them is ornamented with wood art.

HAVELI SHERI

This west-facing gate was built in 11th – 12th century.

VERAVAL GATE

Note :

There are more than 20 historic and religious places in Prabhas Patan city. Out of which, the first 14 are covered under a well-organized heritage walk route with their approximate distances with a view to give pilgrims a hassle-free travelling experience in Prabhas Dham. The places, numbered 15 to 20, are located at a small distance and are mentioned here separately.

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