Junagadh, Ancient Town, Historical Girnar, Gujarat

History and Importance of Junagadh

Junagadh is head quarter of Junagadh District, Gujarat and situated at foot of Girnar Hills. It is famous for Hindu and Jain Temple, especially for Girnar, 1000+ m height hill and Gir Forest National park. It is also known as Sorath, Junagadh joined into India in Nov 1947. Junanadh had great history over the year during different ruler including Maurya, Chudasama, Mugals, British etc. Junagadh is famous for tourist destination as well as pilgrimage and well connected by road, railway and airport networks.

Lili Parikrama of Junagadh

Lots of small and big temples of Hindu and Jain are situated in Junagadh, mainly in Bhavnath Taleti and on Girnar hill. Devotee across the India visits Junagadh throughout the year and mainly during Mahashivratri and Girnar Parikrama. Junagadh Parikrma is quite famous across all religions; devotees across nation do the Parikrama of Girnar hill with great devotion on 11th day to 15th day of Kartik month, it is also known as Lili Parikrama. It is believed that Girnar is older than the Himalayas and Jain Temple are amongst the most ancient temple of India.

Great Saint of Junagadh - Narsinh Maheta

Narsinh Maheta also known as Narsi Bhagat was great poet, saint lived in Junagadh and great devotee of Lord Shree Krishna in 15th century. He composed more than 22000 kirtan and among this the most famous one “ Vaishnav Jan to tene Kahie “.

Places to visit and facilities in Junagadh

Guru Dattatrey Temple, Amabji Temple and Jain Temples are situated on the Girnar Hill at around 10000 and 5000 step respectively. Apart from Girnar, there are lots of place to visit in Junagadh like, Uparkot fort, Buddhist caves, Ashok Shilalekh, Damodar Kund, Bordevi Temple, Sharkhadiya Hanuman, Bhavnath Mahadev, Jatashankar Mahadev, Navghan Kuvo, Adi Kadi Vav, Ranak Devi Mahel, Narshin Mehta no Choro etc. Tourist and devotees often visit Somnath Temple, Gir Safari National Park and Diu along with Junagadh.

Thus Junagadh is best pilgrimage in true sense. Ropeway planning has been started on mount Girnar so going forward more tourist and devotee visit Junagadh. Facility for stay, food, market etc is improving as lots and lots of people came to Junagadh. Today, lots of Hotels, Guest Houses, Resorts, Dharmshala, restaurants etc are built in service of tourist and devotees.

Taluka / Tehsil: Junagadh, District: Junagadh, State: gujarat, Country: india.

Religious Importance: Hindu

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