Gujarat · West
SomnathSomanātha
Prabhas Patan seat of Somnath, regarded as the first of the twelve Jyotirlingas
- Principal temple
- Somnath TempleShiva (Jyotirlinga)
- Best time to visit
- October to February
- Nearest airport
- Keshod Airport, ~57 km; Diu Airport, ~63 km (per Incredible India)
- Nearest railway station
- Somnath railway station (SMNH), ~2.5 km from the temple; Veraval Junction ~7 km
- Tradition
- Śaiva
Overview
Somnath lies at Prabhas Patan, a locality of Veraval on the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, and has long been revered as the Somnath-Prabhasa tirtha. Its Somnath Temple is regarded as the first of Shiva's twelve Jyotirlingas; the present Chalukyan-style structure, completed in 1951, follows several rebuildings over the centuries.
See sources [1–5]- Shiva (Jyotirlinga)
