Divya Desams series - Dwaraka (Tiru Dwarakai)

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DWARAKA (Tiru Dwarakai) This Divya shetram is located in the Kathiawar peninsula of Gujarat . Dwaraka is associated with the legends of Sri Krishna. The moolavar is Dwarakadeesan also known as Kalyana Narayanan and the Thayar Kalyana Nachiyar, Rukmini. The Theertham

is Gomathi Nadhi also called Samudra sangamam and the Vimanam Hemakoota Vimanam. Legend has it that Krishna built this city with the aid of Viswakarma. The Dwarakadeesh temple built by Sambha the grand son of Krishna , has five-storied tower and pilgrims enter through the Swarga Dwara and exit through Moksha Dwara. Pilgrims take dip in the sea called Sangamam, where the Gomati River merges the sea. Bet-Dwaraka is a

small island, where Kuchela lived and also where Krishna is supposed to have killed the demon Sankhasura. There are shrines for Rukmini, Trivikrama, Devaki, Jambavati and Lakshmi Narayanan. Azhwar Mangalaasaasanam: Periaazhwar – 333, 398, 399, 415, 472 Andaal – 507, 541, 594, 625 Tondaraipodiaazhwar – 916 Tirumangai Azhwar – 1504,

1524 Tirumazhisaiazhwar – 2452 Nammaazhwar – 3260 (pasuram number as found in Naalaayira Divya prabhandam) Archaeological excavations reveal the existence of the earlier city submerged in the sea. Om Namo Narayanaya Padmashri Sampathkumar

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