{"id":31786,"date":"2025-04-06T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31786"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:17:27","slug":"dwarkadhish-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dwarkadhish-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwarkadhish Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dwarkadhish Temple Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A group of 300 Pakistani citizens of Indian origin, residing in Pakistan\u2019s Sindh, recently visited the Dwarkadhish Temple, Devbhumi Dwarka in Gujarat and offered prayers.<\/p>\n<h2>About Dwarkadhish Temple<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Located in <strong>Dwarka, Gujarat, <\/strong>India, the Dwarkadhish temple, also known as the <strong>Jagat Mandir,<\/strong> is a revered Hindu temple <strong>dedicated to Lord Krishna,<\/strong> who is referred to as Dwarkadhish, which means the &#8216;King of Dwarka&#8217;.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This temple holds immense significance as it is <strong>one of the destinations <\/strong>along the<strong> Char Dham pilgrimage circuit<\/strong>, which includes the other pilgrimage sites, Badrinath, Rameshwaram, and Puri.<\/li>\n<li>According to archaeological findings, the <strong>original temple was built in 200 BCE<\/strong> at the earliest.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is believed to have been constructed <strong>by Vajranabha<\/strong>, the <strong>great-grandson of Lord Krishna, <\/strong>over the hari-griha (Krishna&#8217;s residential place).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The temple was rebuilt and made bigger in the 16th century.<\/li>\n<li>The temple has a <strong>five-story building <\/strong>supported by <strong>72 pillars<\/strong>, which are made of <strong>limestone and sand.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bearing the imprints of the 16th-century<strong> Chalukya style of architecture,<\/strong> the temple has intricately carved walls with mythical characters and legends on them.<\/li>\n<li>The temple is a <strong>Pushtimarg temple,<\/strong> which means that it <strong>follows the teachings and rituals of Vallabhacharya, <\/strong>a 15th-century Hindu saint and philosopher.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>Vallabhacharya <strong>propounded the philosophy of Shuddhadvaita, <\/strong>or <strong>pure non-dualism, <\/strong>which emphasizes the devotion and grace of Krishna.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>temple is managed by the descendants of Vallabhacharya,<\/strong> who are known as <strong>Vallabha Kul.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The temple has a <strong>special relationship with <\/strong>the N<strong>athdwara temple in Rajasthan, <\/strong>which is the <strong>main seat of the Pushtimarg sect.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The temple is <strong>one of the 108 Divya Desams, <\/strong>or <strong>holy abodes of Vishnu<\/strong>, which are <strong>glorified by the Alwars, <\/strong>the 12th-century Tamil poet-saints.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The temple is the 98th Divya Desam and is praised by four Alwars: Nammalwar, Thirumangai Alwar, Thirumalisai Alwar, and Periyalwar.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The temple is also <strong>mentioned <\/strong>in the <strong>works of <\/strong>other Hindu saints and scholars, such as <strong>Adi Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhvacharya, and Narsinh Mehta.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dwarkadhish Temple FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. In which city is Dwarkadhish Temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Dwarkadhish Temple is located in the city of Dwarka, in the state of Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Who built the Dwarkadhish Temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is believed to have been constructed by Vajranabha, the great-grandson of Lord Krishna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong> Which architectural style is reflected in the Dwarkadhish Temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Chalukya<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/300-indian-origin-pakistani-citizens-visit-dwarkadhish-temple-in-gujarat\/2579802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwarkadhish Temple is a sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krishna, located in Dwarka, Gujarat, and is a major pilgrimage site in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}