Welcome to the Sanctum
The Somnath temple is the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. It has been rebuilt seven times after being plundered by invaders — a testament to Hindu resilience.
— ॐ नमः शिवाय —
Heritage
The story carved into stone, copper, and prayer.
The present structure is the seventh reconstruction, completed in 1951 after Sardar Patel championed its revival.
Sacred Offerings
Offerings performed by ordained priests under the guidance of vedic tradition — for every milestone of life.
Free
Morning aarti at the first Jyotirlinga — sanctum opens with vedic mantras as the Arabian Sea breaks against the temple wall.
Free
Midday worship — naivedyam of milk, curd, ghee and seasonal fruits is offered to the Linga.
Free
Twilight worship — followed by the famous Light & Sound Show on the temple's history.
₹2,100
Vedic abhisheka with eleven priests reciting the Rudram while milk, honey and Ganga jal flow over the Jyotirlinga.
₹5,100
1.25 lakh recitations of the Maha Mrityunjaya mantra performed for protection from untimely death and ill health.
₹50
A nightly retelling of Somnath's seventeen destructions and seventeen reconsecrations — narrated under the stars.
Daily Worship
Open every day of the week. Each hour carries its own fragrance, its own prayer.
Sacred Calendar
Days that turn the temple into a constellation of light, music, and shared prayer.
Night-long pooja, four-prahar abhishekam and a vast mela that fills the seafront. Considered the most powerful Shivaratri in western India.
Through the entire Shravan month, devotees throng to Somnath for daily abhishekam and three-fold processions on Mondays.
The temple is bathed in lamps; the seafront is lined with diyas as devotees circumambulate at sunset.
Three-day cultural festival of bhajan, classical music and dance held in the temple precincts since 1995.
Bhairav, the temple's ksetrapala, is offered special pooja with sindoor, vibhuti and red flowers.
Sacred Moments
A visual pilgrimage — captured in the soft light of dusk and the gold of dawn.
Devotee Voices
Words from those whose lives were touched within these walls.
Seventeen times destroyed, seventeen times rebuilt. Standing in this sanctum is to stand inside the very definition of dharma.
The Arabian Sea sings to Mahadev all night. I lay awake on the parikrama listening — never have I been so peaceful.
Sardar Patel's vow rebuilt this temple. Seventy years later, my children touched its sandstone walls. Some inheritances are worth a thousand diamonds.
Plan Your Visit
Address: Prabhas Patan, Gujarat, India
