Dwarkadhish Temple: Devotees donate 108 gm gold necklace on Kartik Purnima

Dwarka : Devotees donate gold and silver in faith at the Dwarkadhish temple. Today, on the occasion of Dev Diwali, a gold necklace has been offered to Lord Dwarkadhish by a family from Beraja village. The family has donated a 108 gram gold necklace to the Dwarkadhish temple.

Today, on the day of Kartik Purnima, devotees flocked to the Dwarkadhish temple for darshan. Special arrangements have been made for the devotees by the Temple Trust in view of the Corona pandemic. Silver Kalash was then donated to the Dwarkadhish temple by a group of devotees. A 400 gram silver kalash has been donated to the Lord Dwarkadhis by a group of women reciting Vishnu Sahastra.

Dwarkadhish temple, Dwarka, Gujarat :
The Dwarkadhish temple, also known as the Jagat Mandir, is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Krishna, who is worshiped here by the name Dwarkadhish, or ‘King of Dwarka’. The temple is located at Dwarka, Gujarat, India, one of the destinations of Char Dham, a Hindu pilgrimage circuit.

The main shrine of the five storied building, supported by 72 pillars, is known as Jagat Mandir or Nija Mandir, archaeological findings suggest it to be 2,000 – 2,200 years old. The temple was enlarged in the 15th- 16th century. The Dwarkadhish Temple is a Pushtimarg temple, hence it follows the guidelines and rituals created by Vallabhacharya and Vitheleshnath.

According to tradition, the original temple was believed to have been built by Krishna’s grandson, Vajranabha, over the hari-griha (Krishna’s residential place). The original structure was destroyed by Mahmud Begada in 1472, and subsequently rebuilt in the 15th-16th century. The temple became part of the Char Dham pilgrimage considered sacred by Hindus in India. Adi Shankaracharya, the 8th century Hindu theologian and philosopher, visited the shrine. The other three being Rameswaram, Badrinath and Puri.