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Sacred Sites in Gujarat

10 researched sites, each with sourced history, pilgrimage information and the prayers associated with it.

  • Arasur Hills, Banaskantha district
    ShaktismFamily friendly

    Ambaji Temple

    Ambaji Temple, on the Arasur Hills in Gujarat's Banaskantha district near the Rajasthan border, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas, traditionally marking…

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  • Dwarka, Devbhoomi Dwarka district
    VaishnavismFamily friendly

    Dwarkadhish Temple

    Dwarkadhish Temple, also called Jagat Mandir, in Dwarka on Gujarat's Saurashtra coast, is dedicated to Krishna, worshipped here as Dwarkadhish ("Lord of Dwarka"…

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  • Junagadh district
    Jainism

    Girnar Jain Temples

    A complex of roughly fourteen Jain temples on Mount Girnar near Junagadh, centred on Neminatha. One of the five Shvetambara Pancha Tirth. Sect: Predominantly Sh…

  • Banaskantha district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Kumbhariya Jain Temples

    Five marble temples of the Chaulukya period, less than two kilometres from Ambaji, considered architecturally to rival Dilwara and far less visited. Sect: Shvet…

  • Near Dwarka, Devbhoomi Dwarka district
    ShaivismFamily friendly

    Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple

    Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple, on the road between Dwarka city and Beyt Dwarka island in Gujarat, is one of three sites claimed as the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga of S…

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  • Bhavnagar district
    Jainism

    Palitana (Shatrunjaya)

    A temple city rather than a temple: roughly 900 marble shrines in nine walled clusters, called tuks, covering the summit of Shatrunjaya hill. With Shikharji, it…

  • Patan district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Shankheshwar Parshwanath Temple

    On the Rupen river in Patan district. Sources rank it immediately after Shatrunjaya in importance for Shvetambara Jains, and its image is among the most invoked…

  • Prabhas Patan, Gir Somnath district
    ShaivismFamily friendly

    Somnath Temple

    Somnath Temple, at Prabhas Patan on the Arabian Sea coast in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, is traditionally regarded as the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga…

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  • Gandhinagar
    Swaminarayan Sampraday (BAPS)Family friendly

    Swaminarayan Akshardham, Gandhinagar

    Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is the original Akshardham temple complex, opened to the public in 1992 as a tribute to Bhagwan Swaminarayan an…

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  • Mehsana district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Taranga Jain Temple

    A hill tirtha in northern Gujarat associated with the Chaulukya king Kumarapala and his teacher Acharya Hemachandra, and notable for a settled arrangement in wh…