My Native... ✨

  Hello everyone, I am mori sejal. I am studying in B. A With english at government Arts college talaja. This blog is about my native... 

  Gopnath is situated 23km . away from talaja in the talaja taluka of bhavnagar district. Gopnath  is known as a famous pilgrimage site. There is a temple of lord shiva there, and hence it is known as 'gopanath mahadev'. 

    

                 Gopnath temple... 

   

History  of gopnath... 

The history of gopnath is very ancient. Various legends are described in the history of gopanath it is said that lord shiva was pleased with the devotion of narsinh maheta  and offered him boon. Narsinh maheta asked for the boon of witnessing the divine raslila (celestial dance) of lord krishna played the rasleela with his Gopi, and narsinh maheta become so deeply engrossed in watching it that he did not realize his hand, which was holding a torch, had caught fire. 

Even today, paintings of Lord krishna and his gopi 'rasleela 'can be see there. It is believed that the name gopnath derived from the names of krishna  and his gopis. At present, there is also temple of narsinh maheta outside the main temple. This legend is  connected to the history of gopnath.

   There is a legend that at one time, there was shivaling at the place where the gopnath temple now stands. In surat, there was a merchant named gopinathji sheth, who owned a herd of cow. Among them, a cow would come frome the sea every morning and pour its milk over the shivling. When gopinathji sheth came to know about this, he visited the place where the shivling was located. Since then, it is said that the place was named 'gopnath' after gopinathji sheth. 

Speciality of gopnath temple:

Gopnath temple is situated on the seashore. Every Amavasya  (new moon day), devotees come there for darshan (holy visit). During the month of shravan there is a large crowd of devotees. Gopnath is also known as a tourist destination. On the day of janmashtami  and bhadarvi Amavsya, a fair is held at gopnath. 

    Gujarati poet kant wrote the poem ' sager ane shashi'. Standing on the seashore of gopnath, he expressed the feelings and emotions he experienced in that moment. In this poem, poet kant has beautifully described thoss profound sensation.

Diwadandi :

  At the seashore of gopnath, there is a row of oli lamps known as the light house. In its various rooms ancient equipment can be seen. It's structure can be observed in different forms. Nowadays, it has become a place worth visiting. 

  

History of  krishnapara  : 

          

                   Gopnath bunglow.. 

Near gopnath, there is a small village called krushnapara . It history is ancient. It is said that maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji of bhavnagar  had palace there, which is known as'rajmahal '. The village  got it's name krishnapara   from krishnakumarsinhji.  At present, pictures of his sons and some ancient relics can be seen  in the place. Even today, it is known as the place of rajmahal . This place  had now become a spot worth visiting.

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