5 Most Popular Hindu Temples in Gujarat
Gujarat is an amazing tourist destinations of India, which is popular for its unique culture and traditions. It is one of the vibrant and the sixth largest state of India. It has many sacred places like Somnath Temple, Dwarkadhish Temple, Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, Bala Hanuman Mandir, Rukmini Temple and many more. This beautiful state is also popular as land of saints. You can also visit the amazing places of this state by gujarat tour packages. By its unique beauty, this state captures lots of tourists every year from across the world. In this article, some beautiful temples are given below, such as
Dwarkadhish Temple -
This beautiful temple is also popular as Trilok Sundar Mandir and Jagat Mandir. The Dwarkadhish shrine is also the part of the “Char Dham Yatra”. This temple is also the 108th Divya Desam of Lord Vishnu and belonged to the Lord Krishna . On the top of the temple has a symbol of the moon and sun on it which alters three time in a day. The current structure of the temple was explored around the 15th and 16th century. It’s opening time is 6:30 pm to 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple -
It is one of the largest temples in Gujarat and located in the Gandhinagar city which is the capital city of Gujarat. This shrine is maintained by the prosperous Hindu Swaminarayan Group. This great shrine was developed by 1000 artisans. The complex of this shrine was constructed from six thousand metric tons of pink sandstone. This shrine is also popular as the “Lord Swaminarayan”. It was explored in the year of 1992 and one of the finest examples of this city. The opening time of this shrine is 9:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
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Somnath Temple -
It is popular as one of the beautiful temples in Gujarat and also said as the temple was constructed by the Moon God in gold, reconstructed by Ravan in silver, after then by the Lord Krishna in wood and then King Bhimdev in stone. This temple was damaged by Mahmud of Ghazni in the year of 1024 AD. The beautiful temple was raided at various occasions in the year of 1706, 1927 and 1934. The opening time of this temple is 6:00 am to 9:30 pm.
Sun Temple -
This beautiful shrine was founded in the 11th century by King Bhimdev I, the Solanki Dynasty. It is located on a hillock in Modhera that is 106 km far away from Ahmedabad. It is one of the most amazing shrine, which is constructed in a way that Sun shines on the image of Surya Chakra from sunrise to sunset. The opening time of this beautiful temple is 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Bala Hanuman Mandir -
This beautiful shrine is situated on the southeastern side of the Ranmal Lake. It is belonged to Lord Hanuman and is visited by a huge number of travelers and devotees every year. It finds its place in the Guinness Book of the World due to the continuous mantra of the prayer ‘Shri Ram, Jai Ram, Jai Jai Ram’ from 1st August, 1964. It was founded in the year of 1963 to 1964 by Prem Bhikshuji. The opening time of this shrine is 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
