Tour overview

Also called Somnath temple or Deo Patan, is located in Prabhas Patan, Veraval in Gujarat, India. One of the most sacred pilgrimage sites for the Hindus, they believe it to be the first among the twelve shrines of Shiva. Reconstructed several times in the past after repeated destruction by several Muslim invaders and rulers, it is unclear when the first version of the Somnath temple was built. Estimates for the first Somnath temple vary between the early centuries of the 1st-millennium to about the 9th-century CE. The temple’s history is a subject of dispute and remains controversial.

The Somnath temple was actively studied by colonial-era historians and archaeologists in the 19th- and early 20th-century, when its ruins illustrated a historic Hindu temple in the process of being converted into an Islamic mosque. After India’s independence, those ruins were demolished and the present Somnath temple was reconstructed in the Māru-Gurjara style of Hindu temple architecture. The contemporary Somnath temple’s reconstruction was started under the orders of the first Home Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel and was completed in May 1951 after his death. Presently the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is the chairman of Shree Somnath Mandir trust.

Included

  • Accommodation in a well-appointed room in base category.
  • Meal on CPAI basis. (Breakfast included).
  • All hotel taxes.
  • Pick up from dwarka railway station and drop off Junagadh railway station.
  • All transfers and sightseeing as per the itinerary.
  • Vehicle used Innova
  • All Toll taxes, Parking, State Tax & Driver allowance.

Not Included

  • Anything not mentioned under 'Package Inclusions' Air Fare/ Train Fare
  • All personal expenses, optional tours and extra meals, Any room services. Camera fees, Any
  • entry fee for monument ,Room heater, alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages and starters.
  • Vehicle service on leisure days for sightseeing not included in the itinerary. Medical and travel
  • Insurance
  • GST

Day 1: Dwarka Arrival

On arrival at dwarka railway station in the morning/evening. Our vehicle will park Outside the station, you will pick from there and proceed for hotel. Check in and Overnight stay at Dwarka.

Day 2: Dwarka

Morning breakfast at hotel. Move for the sacred town of Dwarka. Visit Dwarkadeesh Temple. Take a holy dip in Gomti river, later leave to visit Nageshwar Jyotirling, Gopi Talav , Bet Dwarka, and on way back do visit Rukmani Temple, evening visit other temples on coastal area, attend evening aarti at Dwarkadish temple. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 3: Dwarka – Porbandar – Somnath (230km/ 4.5hrs)

In the morning after breakfast depart to Porbandar. At Porbandar visit Kirti Mandir – the place where Gandhiji was born. Later proceed to Somnath. On arrival visit Junagadh Gate, Bhalka Tirth & Somnath Temple. Also visit Triveni Ghat. In the evening attend Aarti and later watch light and Sound show. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Somnath – Sasangir – Junagadh (150km/3hrs) - Departure

After breakfast Proceed to Sasangir. Sasangir, is the home of the Asiatic Lion. Visit Gir Interpretation Zone at Devaliya (During Rain sanctuary will be closed) Later proceed to Junagadh. The ancient city has many eye catching monuments which reminds its great history. Later proceed to visit Uperkot Fort, Ashok Rock Edict, Mahabat Makabara and Junagadh Museum. Return back to hotel.Overnight stay at Junagadh.