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'''A PILGRIMAGE TO DWARKA DO YOU ALL BELIEVE IN GOD?YES,I DO BELIEVE. I FEEL THAT GOD IS EVERYWHERE AND IS THERE FOR US ALWAYS AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE ALSO THINK THE SAME. WE VISIT TEMPLES AND HOLY PLACES TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING US A WONDERFUL LIFE. DURING MY SUMMER VACATIONS I VISITED DWARKA WHERE I VISITED MANY TEMPLES DEDICATED AND DEVOTED TO LORD KRISHNA. THE CITY OF DWARKA IS SITUATED IN JAMNAGAR DISTRICT IN GUJARAT. THE CITY DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE WORD DVAR MEANING DOOR OR GATE IN SANSKRIT LANGUAGE. THE LEGENDARY CITY OF DWARKA IS THE DWELLING PLACE OF SRI KRISHNA. IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE HOLIEST CITY IN HINDUISM AND ONE OF THE CHAR DHAM ALONG WITH BADRINATH, PURI, RAMESHWARAN,ETC. THE CITY IS ESPECIALLY RESPECTED BY THE VAISHNAVAS. DWARKA IS ONE OF THE SEVEN MOST HOLY PLACESFOR HINDUS IN INDIA WHERE VARANASI IS CONSIDERED AS THE HOLIEST OF THE SEVEN HOLY CITIES. DWARKA IS ALSO THE SITE OF DVARAHA PITHA, ONE OF THE FOUR CARDINAL MATHAS ESTABLISHED BY ADISHANKARA, THE OTHERS BEING THOSE AT SHINGERI, PURI, AND JYORTIMATH. DWARKA IS MENTIONED IN MAHABHARATA, THE HARIVANSHA, THE BHAGVATA PURANA, THE SKANDA PURANA AND THE VISHNU PURANA. "AYODHYA MATHURA MAYA KASI KANCHI AVANTIKA|  PURI DVARAVATI CHAIVA SAPTAITA MOKSHADAYIKAH||  - GARUDA PURANA | XVI. 114" THE ABOVE SHLOKA MEANS - A KSHETRA IS A SACRED GROUND, A FIELD OF ACTIVE POWER, A PLACE WHERE MOKSHA, FINAL RELEASE CAN BE OBTAINED. THE GARUDA PURANA ENUMERATES SEVEN SITES AS GIVEN OF MOKSHA. THEY ARE AYODHYA, MATHURA, MAYA, KASI, KANCHI, AVANTIKA, PURI AND DVARAVATI. DWARKA IS A PLANNED CITYON THE BANKS OF RIVER GOMATI. THIS CITY WAS ALSO KNOWN AS DVARAVATI, DVARAMATIAND KUSHSTHALI. DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT DWARKA CITY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS TEMPLES. THE TEMPLES ARE KNOWN AS THE DWARKDHISH TEMPLES. THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN 16TH CENTUARY CE, WHILE THE ORIGINAL TEMPLE IS BELIEVED TO BE BUILT BY LORD KRISHNA'S GREAT GRANDSON KING VAJRA. THE FIVE STORIED TEMPLE IS MADE OF LIMESTONE AND SAND. THERE ARE TWO GATEWAYS OF THE DWARKADHISH TEMPLE, SWARGA DVAR[ ENTRY] AND MOKSHA DVAR [ EXIT]. THERE ARE MANY DARSHAN AND SEVAS FOR LORD DWARKANATH. THE DRESS IS CHANGED ACCORDINGLY. THE DARSHAN FOLLOWS THE PUSHTI MARG VAISHNAVA SCRIPTURES ESTABLISHED BY SHREE VALLABHACHARYA AND SHREE VITHELESHNATHJI. DWARKADHISH TEMPLE'S DARSHAN ARE DIVIDED INTO 8 DARSHANS. BUT HOW THIS WONDERFUL ANCIENT CITY OF DWARKA VANISH? LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY BEHIND IT. ONCE A HUNTER THOUGHT LORD KRISHNA TO BE A DEER AND SHOT AN ARROW TOWARDS HIM. THIS ARROW STRUCK THE LORD'S LEG AND IT WAS TIME FOR THE LORD TO DEPART FROM EARTH AND RETURN TO HIS VAIKUNTA AND ALONG WITH IT WAS TIME FOR THE YADAVA KUL TO BE DESTROYED. AS THE LORD WAS THE ADVISOR OF THE PANDAVAS AND A RULER ALSO, HE DIDNT GET TIME TO LOOK AFTER HIS SONS AND AS A RESULT THEY GOT SPOILT. LORD KRISHNA TOOK ALL THE BOYS OF YADAVA KUL TO A PLACE AND MADE THEM TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER AND WITHIN THAT TIME ORDERED ARJUNA TO TAKE ALL THE ELDERS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO HSTINAPUR. AFTER THAT LORD KRISHNA SAT IN MEDITATION AND LEFT THE EARTH LEAVING RIVER GOMATI TO FLOOD AND VANISH THE CITY OF ANCIENT DWARKA MAKING IT A MEMORY FOR ALL. THIS PILGRIMAGE WAS A REAL EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE AND AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OF KNOWLEDGE LEADING ME TOWARDS TRUTH WHO IS THE ONLY ALMIGHTY. THANK YOU||

- NIRMITI PANDIT 7 A  SSPM'S SSRVM 12 YEARS OLD ADDRESS: A/504 MADHUVAN CHS; SHIMPOLI GORAI ROAD, BORIVALI[W]MUMBAI-400 092, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. DATE: 24TH JULY 2012.