| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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DEHOTSARGA - THE HALLOWED SPOT |
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Prabhasa,
therefore, was an ancient port. Long before the Bharata war, it was recognised as a holy
place of all-India importance. As already stated, it was associated with Soma, the Moon
God. There was a shrine of Shiva where the devout worshipped after bathing in the
Tirtha located on the spot where the Sarasvati joined the sea. Shri Krishna was
associated with Prabhasa where his kinsmen died fighting, and where, on the banks of the
Hiranya, he left his mortal body. Later tradition also attributed to him a temple of
Somanatha built in silver.1
1 K. M. Munshi –The glory that was
Gurjaradesha, Pt. I, P. 111. |
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