Dwarka

Dwarka is the place that has a staggering importance in the India; this is the place that is associated with Lord Krishna, in fact, most of the tales that are associated with Lord Krishna will ultimately take you to this place. Also, the place is considered importance as Lord Krishna stayed at the place for around 100 years in this place. It is because of this association that a large number of Hindus come to visit this place as it is more of a pilgrimage place for them. The city has another importance and amazing fact that will amaze you a lot and will bring you a step closer to the culture and thoughts of Hinduism. The city of Dwarka is the one which is supposed to be created by Vishwakarma. Vishwakarma is supposed to be the architect that is from heaven. Also, the place is considered to be really important and holy in the sense that it is the very place where Lord Krishna killed a demon that was named as Shankasura. In the center of Dwarka, you will come across a temple that is named as Dwarkadhish Temple which has a great deal of importance.

Dwarkadhish Temple has a tower, that has as many as five storeys and it is the one that was built by the grand son of Lord Krishna. The whole of temple is built with sand, along with sand there is a good use of limestone. As this is the place where people come with the objective a pilgrimage, there are certain ways which are adopted by the people in the temple to welcome the pilgrims. For instance, a flag is hoisted for about four times in the whole day to greet the pilgrims. When you will get there, you will come across two of the doors, one of the doors is to enter and the other one is to exit. The door from which people enter the temple is called the Swarg Dwar which means the door to heaven. The other door from where people get out of the temple is given the name of Moksha Dwar.