The Five Brothers by Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

155 feet tall temple of Somnath crowned with an intricately carved pyramidal dome bears a lofty stone Kalasha that weighs nearly 10 tones. The swaggering structure of Somnath Temple ceaselessly sings the sagas of the artistic ingenuity of the ‘Sompura Salats’ the master masons of Gujarat. In his public address Dr Rajendra Prasad had exclaimed that, “The Somnath temple signifies that the power of reconstruction is always greater than the power of destruction”.Ĭurrently administered by ‘Shri Somnath Trust’, the Somnath Temple designed in ‘Kailash Mahameru Prasad Style’ reveals the Chalukya order of temple architecture. The installation ceremony of the Somnath Temple was performed in the year 1951 by the hands of Dr Rajendra Prasad the first President of the Republic of India. The present day temple of Lord Somnath was raised after the Independence under the initiative and aegis of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi. The devotees of Lord Shiva affirm that taking a Darshana of Lord Somnath is extremely fortuitous and auspicious. Regarded as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of India where Lord Shiva Himself is believed to be eternally residing, the Somnath Temple is tremendously aggrandized by Hindus. The Somnath Temple dedicated to the Lord of Moon Lord Shiva is eminently renowned in every corner of the country and globe as the temple that was decimated and resurrected several times over the centuries. Located along the south-west coast of Saurashtra at the fishing port Veraval approximately 5 kilometers away from the Somnath Mahadev Temple Positioned right behind the imperial Somnath Temple Located to the north of the Somnath Temple close to the check post Positioned at the distance of just one kilometer from the Junagarh Gate Located along the Prabhas-Veraval highway about 5 kilometers away from Somnath

Located roughly one and a half kilometers away from the Somnath Temple Located to the north of the sacred Triveni Teerth

Located just opposite the Somnath Trust Dharamshala Gate Located approximately 4 kilometers away from the Somnath Mahadev Temple along the Somnath-Veraval Highway

Shri Shashibhushan Mahadev and Bhidbhanjan Ganapatiji Temple Situated at the sacred Triveni Tirtha about 5 kilometers away from Somnath along the Somnath Veraval highway Sited in Dehotsarg campus adjoining the Laxminarayan Temple at the Triveni Tirtha Located adjacent to the famous Gita Mandir in the Dehotsarg Campus

The Five Brothers by Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi