Jyotirling is Known as the energy form of god. there are 12 Jyotirlings in india which is called Dwadasjyotirling. Every year thousands of devotees visit this places to get blessings and feel the spiritual energy. here we are try to share some information about this jyotirlings.
Somnath Temple: Somnath temple is one of the first jyotirling among twelve jyotirlings. As per the ancient sculptures, Vedas, and Puran. A king daksh gave cursed to the deity chandra because chandra married his 27 daughters but his affection was only towards his one daughter Rohini and moon ignored their other daughters. due to the effect of curse Chandra would be “decreasing” in size. all deity was in trouble due to imbalance in the nature and they went to lord Brahma to got solution. lord Brahma told god chandra to worship devadhi dev mahadev to get relief from this curse. god chandra did penance and finally lord shiva apperared to blessed him. He gave Chandra the boon that in a month, he would grow for fifteen days in one half and in the other half he would keep loosing one Kala (shade) per day and decrease in size, Lord Shiva Himself came to be known as Someshwar, meaning Protector of Moon God.
First temple of Somnath was built before the commencement of the Christian era. Second temple was built by Vallabhi King in 480 – 768 A.D. Somnath Temple was destroyed too many times by Various rulers and Mughal kings. On the other side, hindu kings renovated this temple too many times. Finally, in 1947 Sardar vallabhbhai Patel renovated Somnath Mahadev Temple. In present Somnath Temple is built in Chalukya style and it’s managed by Somnath mahadev trust. Ψ
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Someshwar Mahadev Temple 