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The Somnath temple located in Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of Gujarat, India, is the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Jay Somnath )〕 It is an important pilgrimage and tourist spot for pilgrims and tourists. The temple is considered sacred due to the various legends connected to it. Somnath means "Lord of the Soma", an epithet of Shiva. Somnath Temple is known as "the Shrine Eternal". This legendary temple has been destroyed and rebuilt several times by Islamic kings and Hindu kings respectively. Most recently it was rebuilt in November 1947, when Vallabhbhai Patel visited the area for the integration of Junagadh and mooted a plan for restoration. After Patel's death, the rebuilding continued under Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, another minister of the Government of India. The temple is open daily from 6AM to 9PM. There are 3 aarti daily; in the morning at 07:00, at 12:00 and in the evening at 19:00. It is also believed that this is the place where Krishna ended his lila on earth and left for his heavenly abode.〔 ==Jyotirlinga== The Shiva linga in Somnath is believed to be one of the 12 jyotirlingas in India, where Shiva appeared as a fiery column of light. The jyotirlingas are taken as the supreme, undivided reality out of which Shiva partly appears.〔See: Gwynne 2008, Section on Char Dham〕 The jyotirlinga shrines are the places where Shiva is believed to have appeared as a fiery column of light.〔〔See: Gwynne 2008, Section on Char Dham〕 Originally there are believed to have been 64 ''jyotirlingas'' and 12 of them were considered to be very auspicious and holy. Each of the twelve ''jyotirlinga'' sites take the name of a different manifestation of Shiva.〔Lochtefeld 2002, pp. 324-325〕 At all these sites, the primary image is a lingam representing the beginningless and endless stambha pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva.〔〔Harding 1998, pp. 158-158〕〔Vivekananda Vol. 4〕 Even though there are believed to have been 64 ''jyotirlingas'', twelve of them are considered to be very auspicious.〔 In addition to the one at Somanath, the others are at Varanasi, Rameswaram, Dwarka ''etc''.〔〔Chaturvedi 2006, pp. 58-72〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Somnath」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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