Tourism Dwarka, Travel to Dwarka, Dwarka Travel Guide, Dwarka Tour Packages, Dwarka Hotel » Bhalka Tirth http://www.tourismdwarka.org Tourismdwarka.org provides Tourism In Dwarka, Dwarka Tourism Guide, Dwarka Travel Tourism Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 History of Bhalka Tirth http://www.tourismdwarka.org/2010/01/history-of-bhalka-tirth/ http://www.tourismdwarka.org/2010/01/history-of-bhalka-tirth/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:16:41 +0000 admin http://www.tourismdwarka.org/?p=86 The spot where Lord Krishna was mistaken for a deer and struck by a arrow hile sleeping in a deerskin. It is said Lord Krishna was cremated at Dehotsarga at Triveni Ghat.
Closeby lies Somnath with its shrine built by Soma, the Moon God. The Majestic monument as it stands today is a recent replication of the earlier construction. It is said that the original temple built by the Moon God was of gold. After it was razed to the ground it was rebuilt by Ravana in silver. When the silver temple was knocked down it was reconstructed in wood by Krishna and when this was pulled down an edifice of stone was erected by Bhimdev. Relics of the old Somnath shrine have been preserved in a museum housed in a temple. An interesting Sun Temple is alsolocated in Somnath. Somnath is also one of the 12 Jyotirlingas or Shiva shrines in India.
Janmashtami (birthday of Lord Krishna), celebrated in the month of August/September, is a major festival of Dwarka.

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