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Dvaraka, modern Dwarka, is the setting for many chapters in Harivamsa. [] The city is described as near the sea, in modern-era Gujarat; a painting of the city in the 19th century (lower). Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated [city]", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or ...
Dwarka is mentioned in the copper inscription dated 574 CE of Simhaditya, the Maitraka dynasty minister of Vallabhi. He was the son of Varahdas, the king of Dwarka. The nearby Bet Dwarka island is a religious pilgrimage site and an important archaeological site of the Late Harappan period, with one thermoluminescence date of 1570 BCE. [17] [18]
Website. www.dwarkadhish.org. The Dwarkadhish temple, also known as the Jagat Mandir and occasionally spelled Dwarakadheesh, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna, who is worshiped here by the name Dwarkadhish (Dvārakādhīśa), or 'King of Dwarka'. The temple is located at Dwarka city of Gujarat, India, which is one of the destinations of ...
The Somnath temple is located along the coastline in Prabhas Patan, Veraval, Saurashtra region of Gujarat. It is about 400 kilometres (249 mi) southwest of Ahmedabad, 82 kilometres (51 mi) south of Junagadh – another major archaeological and pilgrimage site in Gujarat. It is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of the Veraval railway junction ...
India. Nageshvara Jyotirlinga location in India. Geographic coordinates. 22°20′09″N 69°05′13″E / 22.3359°N 69.0869°E / 22.3359; 69.0869. Nageshwar Jyotirling. The temples at Jageshwar, in the background of Darukavana, the holy Deodar forest. Nageshwar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva located on ...
On 19 May 2001, India's Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Science and Technology division, Murli Manohar Joshi, announced that the ruins of an ancient civilization had been discovered off the coast of Gujarat, in the Gulf of Khambhat. The site was discovered by NIOT while they performed routine pollution studies using sonar, and ...
Char Dham. The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), or the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma), [1] is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram. [3][4] Badrinath, Dwarka, and Puri are shrines of ...
Magderu. The temple from east. Entrance in the north is visible. Magderu is an 8th-century temple of Maitraka period located near Dhrasanvel village in Okhamandal Taluka of Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat, India. The temple is located three miles northeast of Dwarka.