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The Somnath temple is located along the coastline in Prabhas Patan near Veraval, Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
One of the 12 jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, Somnath Temple is also the specimen of fine architecture.

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✈By air
The nearest airport to reach Somnath is located in Diu, which is nearly 65 km away

🚗By road
Somnath is well-connected by buses to nearby cities as multiple options are available.

🚆By train
Veraval Railway Station is the closest railway station to Somnath which is barely 5 km away. This railway station is well linked to major Indian cities including Mumbai and Ahmedabad. A number of trains run on these routes on a daily basis. From the railway station, you can hire a taxi or cab to reach Somnath.

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With a rating of 4.8 stars, this temple is a great place to visit, with anyone, your friends, or family, or for educational purposes, it is for sure a like-able experience.

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Somnath is a magnificent temple . The Chaulukya king Mularaja possibly built the first temple at the site sometime before 997 CE, even though some historians believe that he may have renovated a smaller earlier temple. Somnath is also mentioned in Rigveda. This temple of Somnath has been very attractive in front of many destructive foreign invaders who want to lure and convert to the temple glory. Whenever the temple has tried to destroy it, then it has been built again.

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The temple features an elaborate and extravagant architecture marked with many rich, intricate carvings. The temple is seven storied and reaches up to a height of 155ft. The architectural pattern exhibited by the temple is the Chalukya architectural pattern.

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When Rajendra Prasad proposed to purify Jyotirling, he said, “This temple of Somnath is a symbol of victory over construction on destruction”.