Somnath temple
Veraval, India
Also known as: Somnathसोमनाथ मन्दिरसोमनाथःसोरठी सोमनाथসোমনাথ মন্দিরਸੋਮਨਾਥ ਮੰਦਰસોમનાથସୋମନାଥசோம்நாத் கோயில்సోమనాథ్ಶ್ರೀ ಸೋಮನಾಥ ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ಲಿಂಗസോംനാഥ് ക്ഷേത്രം
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Somanatha Temple is a Hindu temple, located in Prabhas Patan, Veraval, in Gujarat, India. It is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites, or Tirtha Kshetra for Hindus and is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. The date of construction of the earliest Somnath temple remains uncertain, with estimates varying between the early centuries of the 1st millennium and about the 9th century CE. Various texts, including the Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana, mention a tirtha at Prabhas Patan on the coastline of Saurashtra, where the later temple would eventually be built, but archaeology has not found traces of an early temple, though there was a settlement there.[2]
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Key facts
| Presiding deity | Shiva[1] |
|---|---|
| Architecture | Hindu temple architecture[1] |
| Location | Veraval, India |
| Status | Active |
Sources
- Wikidata Q1143887 — Wikidata
- Somnath Temple - Wikipedia — Wikipedia