Where the Lord of the Serpents Keeps Watch over the Western Shore
The road out of Dwarka towards Okha runs flat and bright between fields the colour of salt and a sky the colour of the sea. Fishing villages, thorn trees, the occasional temple flag — and then, quite suddenly, above the treeline, a figure that does not belong to the ordinary scale of things: Bhagwan Shiva, seated in meditation, some twenty-five metres tall, his eyes half closed, a trident beside him, the Arabian Sea glittering somewhere behind. Beside him rises a red shikhara over cream-coloured arches, a saffron flag lifting in the coastal wind. You have arrived at Nageshwar.
The Nageshwar Jyotirlinga is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Bhagwan Shiva, and among the twelve it carries a name that both frightens and reassures: the Lord of the Nagas, the master of serpents — and therefore the master of every poison and every fear that a serpent has ever stood for. Pilgrims on the Dwarka yatra, who have come to this coast for Shri Krishna, turn aside here to bow before Mahadev in a sanctum below the earth, and many say afterwards that the quiet of that underground room stayed with them longer than anything else on the journey. This Jyotirlinga near Dwarka is Gujarat's second Jyotirlinga — the first being Somnath, where our journey began.
This is article #10 in our weekly "12 Mondays, 12 Jyotirlingas" journey. After the sea at Somnath, the hills of Srisailam, the ghats of Ujjain, the island in the Narmada, the snows of Kedarnath, the forest of Bhimashankar, the lanes of Kashi, the river-source at Trimbakeshwar and the healer's courtyard at Baidyanath, the yatra returns to Gujarat — to the coast where it began, and to a forest that once had demons in it.
Nageshwar Jyotirlinga at a Glance
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Temple | Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple (Nageshwar Mahadev, also called Nagnath) |
| Deity | Bhagwan Shiva as Nageshwar — "the Lord of the Nagas, or serpents" |
| Spiritual status | One of the 12 Jyotirlingas; named "Nagesham Darukavane" in the Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra |
| Sacred forest | Darukavana — the ancient forest of the katha |
| Location | Devbhumi Dwarka district, Saurashtra coast, Gujarat — on the Dwarka–Okha road towards Beyt Dwarka |
| Distance from Dwarka | Approximately 16–18 km (official sources report slightly different figures) |
| Temple form | Red shikhara and cream entrance arches; a pillared hall; the sanctum below ground level |
| Landmark | Seated Shiva statue about 25 m (roughly 80 ft) tall, with a large garden and pond |
| Great days | Mahashivratri; the month of Shravan, especially its Mondays |
| Nearest railhead | Dwarka (DWK), on the Ahmedabad–Okha line; Okha is the line's last station |
| Nearest airports | Porbandar (about 107 km) and Jamnagar (about 126 km); Rajkot and Ahmedabad for wider connections |
The Meaning of "Nageshwar"
Nageshwar is made of two words: naga, the serpent, and ishwara, the lord. Nageshwar is the Lord of the Nagas — the master of serpents. The temple is also called Nageshwar Mahadev, and in the speech of Saurashtra and Maharashtra simply Nagnath.
No deity in the Sanatan imagination is closer to the serpent than Shiva. The naga Vasuki coils around his throat like an ornament. When the devas and asuras churned the ocean and the deadly halahala poison rose from it, it was Shiva who drank it and held it in his throat, neither swallowing nor spitting it out — and so became Neelkanth, the blue-throated one. Serpents in our tradition stand for many things at once: for time that swallows everything, for death, for the coiled energy that yogis call kundalini, for the hidden fears that live below the floor of the mind. To call Shiva the Lord of all these is to say that the most feared power in creation lies at his throat as a garland. It obeys him. It cannot harm the one who takes refuge in him.
The Shiva Purana's telling adds a tender detail: where Shiva remained as Nageshwar, Mata Parvati remained with him as Nageshwari. The serpent-lord does not keep watch alone.
Darukavana: The Forest in the Stotra
Every Shiva bhakta who recites the Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra has already spoken this tirtha's address: Nāgeśaṁ Dārukāvane — "Nagesha, in the Darukavana." Of the twelve Jyotirlingas named in that hymn, Nageshwar is the one located not in a town or on a hill but in a forest. You can follow all twelve abodes, week by week, in our 12 Jyotirlingas series.
The name itself is read in two ways. Some hear in Darukavana the demon Daruka of the katha and his forest kingdom. Others hear dāru, the Sanskrit word for wood, and especially for the pine and deodar — a forest of daru trees. Both readings have been cherished for centuries, and, as we shall see, they have led different regions to different places.
Forests hold a special place in the Sanatan way. The rishis composed the Aranyakas, the "forest books" of the Vedas, in such places; hermits withdrew to them for tapasya; and the Puranas remember Darukavana in particular as a forest of sages. The official website of Devbhumi Dwarka district notes that the Vamana Purana speaks of this forest and of the Balakhilyas — the diminutive sages who worshipped Shiva here. In the katha of Nageshwar the same forest is overrun by demons, and the question the story quietly asks is: what happens to the presence of God when the place of prayer is taken over by fear?
The Katha of Nageshwar: Supriya and Daruka
The story belongs to the Shiva Purana, in the Kotirudra Samhita, and it is retold in simpler forms along the Saurashtra coast. Here is its fuller shape as tradition tells it.
In the forest of Darukavana ruled a rakshasa named Daruka, together with his wife, who is also remembered as Daruka. She had won a boon from Mata Parvati: wherever she went, the forest itself would go with her, so that her people were never without a home. Emboldened, the demons preyed on the sages and travellers of the region until a rishi's curse forced them off the land. So they took the forest — as the boon allowed — and moved it into the sea, and from that island fastness they turned to piracy, seizing every boat that passed.
One such boat carried a company of travellers, and among them a devotee of Shiva named Supriya. The demons took them all captive and locked them in a prison in the forest-fortress. And there, where any ordinary person would have despaired, Supriya did the one thing the demons could not prevent: Supriya kept chanting Om Namah Shivaya. In some tellings Supriya shaped a small linga of clay in the cell; in all tellings, Supriya taught the other prisoners to chant too, until the whole dungeon hummed with the name of Shiva.
Word reached Daruka. He came in fury, demanding to know whom Supriya was worshipping and threatening death if the chant did not stop. Supriya did not stop. As the demon raised his weapon, Mahadev manifested in the prison — the Shiva Purana says he appeared from a rent in the earth itself — and with him a weapon for his devotee, the Pashupata. The demons were destroyed, and the terror of Darukavana came to an end.
Then comes the turn that gives this katha its grace. The demon's wife, whose boon from Parvati had made the forest move, appealed to the Goddess she had once pleased. Parvati spoke for her; Shiva listened. Neither Shiva nor Shakti would break their word to a devotee, even a demonic one. So the forest was allowed to endure — but no longer as a den of fear. Shiva remained there as the Jyotirlinga Nageshwar, and Parvati as Nageshwari, so that the place where the name of Shiva had been chanted in chains became, forever, a place of light.
Many Tellings of One Story
Like every living katha, the story of Nageshwar has been told in more than one way, and honesty asks us to say so.
- Who was Supriya? The Shiva Purana describes a travelling merchant seized at sea. Some modern retellings — including the Incredible India page on the temple — describe Supriya as a woman, tortured for refusing to teach Daruka how to worship Shiva. Because reliable sources do not agree, this article does not assign Supriya a gender; the teaching of the story is the same either way.
- What made Shiva appear? The Gujarat Tourism telling is the simplest: a devotee imprisoned, an unbroken chant of Om Namah Shivaya, the Lord's manifestation and a self-manifest linga left behind. The Puranic telling adds the boon, the curse, the sea-fortress and the Pashupata weapon.
- Who else lived in the forest? The district website recalls the Balakhilya sages of the Vamana Purana, for whom Darukavana was a place of worship long before the demons came.
What every version shares is the shape that matters: a place of fear, a devotee who will not stop calling the Name, and a Lord who answers by staying. Hold on to that, and the differences of detail need not trouble your devotion at all.
Poison, Fear and the Inner Serpent: What the Symbolism Means
Tradition holds that worship at Nageshwar grants protection from poison and from snakebite, and — in the words of the Incredible India page — from "worldly temptations." Pilgrims from villages where snakes are a daily reality have come here for generations to lay that fear at Shiva's feet.
The Sanatan way has always read this outer promise inwardly as well. The serpent's venom is the perfect picture of the poisons we carry inside: the anger that rises in a flash, the envy that spreads slowly, the fear that paralyses. Shiva as Neelkanth shows the way to deal with them — not to swallow the poison and be destroyed by it, not to spit it out onto others, but to hold it, transform it, and go on wearing the serpent as an ornament rather than a wound. To pray to the Lord of Serpents is to ask for exactly that mastery: over the fear of death, over the poison of our own reactions, over everything that coils in the dark below the mind. Supriya in the dungeon is the model — surrounded by demons, poisoned by no fear, chanting.
A necessary word of care. This protection is a matter of faith and of inner life; it is not medical advice. A snakebite is always a medical emergency. If anyone is bitten — on pilgrimage or anywhere else — go to the nearest hospital or primary health centre at once, keep the person calm and still, and do not rely on prayer alone, home remedies or delay. Mahadev is honoured, not offended, when we also use the medicine he has given the world.
One Darukavana, More Than One Tradition
Because the stotra names a forest rather than a town, the seat of the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga is remembered differently in different regions. Maharashtra honours the ancient Aundha Nagnath temple in Hingoli district as Nageshwar; Uttarakhand honours Jageshwar in Almora district, set in a valley of deodar — daru — trees, as the true Darukavana. Each tradition reads the same verse with sincerity, and each of these temples is a great Shiva tirtha in its own right.
This article follows the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga near Dwarka, the seat woven into the coastal katha of Supriya and Daruka and by far the most visited of the three. But a devotee need not choose sides. Wherever Shiva is called Nageshwar with faith, the Lord of Serpents hears — and a bhakta may bow near Dwarka, at Aundha and at Jageshwar, and be right each time.
The Temple Today: Red Shikhara, Cream Arches and the Underground Sanctum
The worship at this site is considered far older than any building here; the Devbhumi Dwarka district website notes that some archaeological excavations claim as many as five earlier settlements at the spot. The temple as pilgrims see it today is modern in its fabric — a rebuilding widely credited to the late 1990s and early 2000s, undertaken with the support of the Gulshan Kumar Charitable Trust — and it makes no attempt to look ancient. Its strength is clarity.
You approach through cream-coloured entrance arches into a wide, open courtyard. Above the main shrine rises a shikhara painted in deep red, crowned with kalasha and a saffron flag that is almost always moving in the sea wind. Inside is a large pillared hall where pilgrims gather, sit and wait. And then the descent: a flight of steps leads down from the hall to the garbhagriha below ground level — the underground sanctum that every official description of the temple mentions and that no first-time visitor forgets.
It is cool down there, and dim, and quiet in a way that the bright courtyard above is not. The Nageshwar Jyotirlinga rests low in the centre of the small chamber, adorned with flowers and bel leaves and, often, a silver serpent hood. Incredible India describes the linga as fashioned from Dwarka Shila, the sacred stone of this coast. Beside the Lord is the shrine of Mata Parvati as Nageshwari. On ordinary days pilgrims come very near; on crowded days the flow is regulated. Either way, the sensation of descending into the earth to meet the Lord who once rose from it is the heart of darshan at the Nageshwar Temple, Dwarka.
The Seated Shiva, the Garden and the Pond
Outside, the mood changes completely. In a large garden to one side of the temple sits the giant image of Bhagwan Shiva — approximately 25 metres (about 80 feet) tall according to the district and Gujarat Tourism descriptions, seated in padmasana in the posture of meditation, painted in the living colours of a murti rather than the grey of a monument: fair skin, blue throat, matted locks, the crescent moon, the serpent, the trident planted beside him. His half-closed eyes look out over the flat land towards the sea.
Below him lies a pond with a paved edge, and around it lawns, flowering shrubs and shaded places to sit. Families rest here after darshan; children run on the grass; pilgrims on the way to Beyt Dwarka pause for a photograph with Mahadev filling the frame behind them. It is, as the district website rightly says, "rather serene." The temple below the earth teaches the inwardness of Shiva; the giant in the garden teaches his openness — the Lord who is at once hidden in the smallest dark room and visible from the highway for miles.
Nageshwar Darshan: The Pilgrimage Experience
For most pilgrims Nageshwar is a chapter in the larger Dwarka yatra. Having bowed to Dwarkadhish in the morning, they take an auto-rickshaw, taxi or shared jeep up the Okha road, and the route itself is part of the experience: the great seated Shiva announcing the temple from afar, the sacred lake of Gopi Talav a little further on, and beyond it the bridge to Beyt Dwarka. Many do all three between breakfast and evening aarti.
The darshan itself has a rhythm. The courtyard first, bright and busy, with stalls of flowers, bel patra, coconut and the small brass and silver serpents that devotees offer here. Then the hall, and the wait. Then the steps down into the cool, and the few moments before the Jyotirlinga — a mantra, a bel leaf, the touch of the forehead to the threshold — before the queue carries you gently up and out into the sunlight again. Abhishek and closer worship are arranged by the temple in ways that change with the season and the crowd; ask on the spot and follow what the staff say.
Then give yourself the garden. Sit for a while under the gaze of the great Shiva, with the pond in front of you and the wind coming off the sea. Nageshwar is not a temple to rush. Mornings are quietest; late afternoons bring the golden light in which the red shikhara and the painted Lord look their finest. The sections that follow are a practical Nageshwar temple travel guide — how to reach this Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, what lies nearby, and when to go.
Mahashivratri and Shravan at Nageshwar
The temple's greatest night is Mahashivratri, in the month of Phalguna (February or March), when devotees from Dwarka, from the villages of Okhamandal and from far beyond keep vigil through the four praharas of the night with abhishek, bhajan and the chant that once filled Supriya's prison. The ordinarily serene grounds become a fair of faith, and darshan queues run long; the administration makes special arrangements that differ from year to year.
The month of Shravan (July–August), and especially its Mondays, is the other high season of devotion here, as at every Shiva tirtha. Remember too that Dwarka's own great festival, Janmashtami, falls in the same weeks, filling every guest house in town; if your yatra touches either festival, arrange your stay well in advance.
How to Reach Nageshwar from Dwarka
By road: The temple stands just off the Dwarka–Okha road — the district website describes the route as the national highway to Dwarka followed by the Nageshwar road — approximately 16–18 km from Dwarka town. Auto-rickshaws, taxis and shared jeeps run all day from Dwarka's temple area and railway station, and local buses ply the Okha route; the drive takes roughly half an hour. Dwarka itself is well connected by highway: about 105–110 km from Porbandar, about 130 km from Jamnagar, roughly 230 km from Rajkot and around 450 km from Ahmedabad, with state transport and private buses on all these routes.
By train: Dwarka railway station (DWK) lies on the Ahmedabad–Okha line of Western Railway and has direct trains from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Vadodara, as well as long-distance services from Mumbai, Delhi and other cities. From the station, Nageshwar is a 16–18 km road journey. Several trains continue to Okha, the last station on the line, which is also the gateway to Beyt Dwarka; Nageshwar lies between the two, so it can be visited from either end.
By air: The nearest airports are Porbandar (about 107 km) and Jamnagar (about 126 km), as reported by Gujarat Tourism, both with limited domestic services. Rajkot and Ahmedabad airports offer far more flights and are linked to Dwarka by road and rail. Taxis are available at all these airports; confirm the fare before you set out.
Sacred Places Near Nageshwar and Dwarka
Gopi Talav — A few kilometres beyond Nageshwar on the Beyt Dwarka road, the small sacred lake where tradition remembers the gopis of Vraj who came to meet Shri Krishna at Dwarka. The yellowish clay of its banks, gopi chandan, is used for tilak by Vaishnavas across Bharat.
Beyt Dwarka — The island beyond Okha, about 30 km from Dwarka, revered as the place where Shri Krishna lived with his family; its Dwarkadhish temple is the goal of every Dwarka pilgrim. Once reached only by ferry, it is now joined to the mainland by road.
Sudarshan Setu — The long cable-stayed bridge across the sea from Okha to Beyt Dwarka, opened in 2024 and about 2.3 km long, with a walkway decorated with verses of the Bhagavad Gita. It has turned the island crossing into a few minutes' drive, though ferries still run for those who prefer the old way.
Dwarkadhish Temple — The Jagat Mandir of Dwarka, seat of Shri Krishna as the Lord of Dwarka and one of the four dhams of Bharat, with its soaring five-storeyed shikhara and the great flag that is changed several times a day. The heart of the yatra of which Nageshwar is a part.
Rukmini Devi Temple — About 2 km from Dwarka, the finely carved temple of Rukmini ji, standing apart from her Lord's temple — tradition explains the distance by the curse of the sage Durvasa.
Gomti Ghat — Where the Gomti river meets the Arabian Sea, below the Swarg Dwar of the Dwarkadhish Temple. Pilgrims bathe here, feed the fish and gather for the sunset aarti to the river.
Bhadkeshwar Mahadev — A small Shiva temple on a rocky outcrop in the sea at the edge of Dwarka, reached by a short causeway and washed by the waves at high tide; a beautiful place for sunset and for a second darshan of Mahadev on the same day as Nageshwar.
Shivrajpur Beach — About 12 km from Dwarka on the road to Nageshwar, a clean, calm beach that holds the international Blue Flag certification, with lifeguards and, in season, water sports. A pleasant hour after darshan — swim only where permitted.
Best Time to Visit Nageshwar
- October to March — The most comfortable season on the Saurashtra coast: mild, clear days for darshan, the garden and the sea. Gujarat Tourism particularly recommends November to February. Mahashivratri falls in this period and is the temple's greatest day, with corresponding crowds.
- July to September (Shravan and the monsoon) — The most devotional weeks, with Shravan Mondays drawing large numbers of Shiva bhaktas, and Janmashtami filling Dwarka. The weather is humid, showers are frequent and the sea is rough; plan darshan for the early morning.
- April to June — Hot and humid, with harsh afternoons. Visit at dawn or in the evening, carry water and keep your head covered in the garden.
Safety and Official Guidance
- Do not rely on this or any article for current darshan timings, queue systems, abhishek arrangements or fees. These change with season and festival. Confirm from official sources — the Devbhumi Dwarka district page on Nageshwar Temple, the Gujarat Tourism page on Nageshwar Jyotirlinga and the Incredible India page on Nageshwar Jyotirlinga — and from the temple administration on the ground.
- Faith is not first aid. The tradition of protection from poison and snakebite is a matter of devotion and inner life. If anyone is bitten by a snake, go to a hospital immediately. Do not handle or provoke snakes, and watch your step in scrub and grass, especially in the monsoon.
- Respect the coast. The sun is strong and the air humid; carry water, wear a hat and rest in the shade of the garden. At Shivrajpur or any beach, swim only where lifeguards and flags permit — currents can be deceptive.
- Crossing to Beyt Dwarka, follow the instructions of the bridge and ferry staff, especially in rough weather.
- On festival days, expect long queues and altered routes; use the official darshan lines, keep children and elders close, and follow police and temple staff. Be cautious of strangers offering "quick darshan" for money.
- Keep valuables minimal, dress simply, ask before photographing inside the shrine, and treat the villages of Okhamandal gently — this is a quiet country that has been receiving pilgrims for a very long time.
What Nageshwar Teaches Us Today
Every tirtha carries a teaching. Nageshwar carries one that fits in a prison cell.
Supriya teaches that there is one freedom no captor can take: the freedom to call the Name. Chains held the body; nothing held the chant. And the chant did more than console — it changed the prison. Other captives began to chant. The dungeon became a temple before Shiva ever appeared, because a temple is simply the place where someone will not stop remembering God. Whatever cell you find yourself in — of illness, of debt, of grief, of habit — the katha says the door is not the way out. The mantra is.
The Lord of Serpents teaches the second lesson: that our fears and poisons are not to be fled from but mastered. Shiva did not kill the serpent; he wore it. He did not refuse the poison; he held it and turned it into a mark of glory at his throat. To pray to Nageshwar is to ask not for a life without serpents but for a throat strong enough to hold the venom until it becomes ornament.
And the temple itself teaches the last lesson with its very architecture. The great Shiva in the garden is visible for miles; the Jyotirlinga is hidden below the earth. The God who fills the horizon and the God who waits in the smallest dark room are the same God. We meet him, at Nageshwar, by looking up — and then by going down.
If you go, go early, before the tour buses, when the courtyard is still cool. Descend the steps into the quiet. Say the words Supriya said, and mean them. Then come up into the light and sit in the garden a while beneath the Lord of Serpents, with the sea wind in the flag above the red shikhara — and notice how much smaller your fears have become.
Om Namah Shivaya.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga located?
The Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple stands on the Saurashtra coast of Gujarat, in Devbhumi Dwarka district, beside the road that runs from Dwarka towards Okha and the island of Beyt Dwarka. Official sources place it approximately 16–18 km from Dwarka town and its railway station. Dwarka itself is reached by rail on the Ahmedabad–Okha line, by road, and by air through Porbandar or Jamnagar.
Is Nageshwar one of the 12 Jyotirlingas?
Yes. The Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra names it as 'Nagesham Darukavane' — Nagesha in the Darukavana forest — and the temple near Dwarka is the most widely visited seat of this Jyotirlinga. In our weekly Monday series it is article #10, which is simply our travelling order. Some regional traditions honour Aundha Nagnath in Maharashtra or Jageshwar in Uttarakhand as the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga; this article follows the seat near Dwarka.
What does the name Nageshwar mean?
Nageshwar joins naga, the serpent, with ishwara, the lord: the Lord of the Nagas or serpents. Shiva wears the serpent Vasuki around his neck and, as Neelkanth, held the world's poison in his throat, so the name expresses his mastery over poison, fear and death itself. The temple is also called Nageshwar Mahadev and Nagnath.
What is the Darukavana story of Supriya and Daruka?
Tradition, told in the Shiva Purana and retold across Gujarat, says the demon Daruka and his followers ruled the forest of Darukavana and imprisoned a Shiva devotee named Supriya along with many others. Undaunted, Supriya kept chanting 'Om Namah Shivaya' and taught the other captives to do the same. When Daruka threatened to kill Supriya, Shiva manifested in the prison, destroyed the demons and remained there as the self-manifest Nageshwar Jyotirlinga. The details differ from one telling to another, and sources do not agree on Supriya's identity, so this article keeps to what the versions share.
Does the Nageshwar temple have an underground sanctum?
Yes. Official sources describe an underground sanctum: the Jyotirlinga rests in a garbhagriha below the level of the main hall, and pilgrims descend a flight of steps to reach it. How close devotees may come to the linga and whether personal abhishek is permitted can vary by day and season, so follow the guidance of the temple staff on the spot.
How tall is the Shiva statue at Nageshwar?
The seated statue of Bhagwan Shiva in the temple grounds is approximately 25 metres, or about 80 feet, tall — the Devbhumi Dwarka district website gives 25 m and Incredible India gives 80 feet. It sits in a large garden with a pond and is visible from the road well before you reach the temple, making it one of the most recognisable landmarks of the Dwarka region.
How far is Nageshwar from Dwarka and how long does it take?
Approximately 16–18 km; official sources report slightly different distances. By auto-rickshaw, taxi or shared vehicle the drive usually takes around half an hour on the Dwarka–Okha road. Most pilgrims combine Nageshwar with Gopi Talav and Beyt Dwarka in a single half-day or day trip from Dwarka.
What is the best time to visit Nageshwar Jyotirlinga?
October to March is the most comfortable season on the Saurashtra coast; Gujarat Tourism particularly recommends November to February and the days around Shivratri. Mahashivratri and the Mondays of Shravan bring the largest crowds and the most intense devotion. Summers are hot and humid, and the monsoon months are humid with a rough sea, so plan early-morning darshan if you visit then.
How do I reach Nageshwar by train, road and air?
By rail, travel to Dwarka station on the Ahmedabad–Okha line, then cover the last 16–18 km by road; a few trains continue to Okha, from where Nageshwar can also be reached. By road, Dwarka is linked by highway to Jamnagar, Porbandar, Rajkot and Ahmedabad, and the temple lies just off the Dwarka–Okha road. By air, Porbandar (about 107 km) and Jamnagar (about 126 km) are the nearest airports, with Rajkot and Ahmedabad offering wider flight options.
Which places can I visit near Nageshwar and Dwarka?
Close to Nageshwar are Gopi Talav, the sacred lake of the gopis, and the island of Beyt Dwarka, now connected to Okha by the Sudarshan Setu bridge. In and around Dwarka town are the Dwarkadhish Temple, the Rukmini Devi Temple, Gomti Ghat where the river meets the sea, the Bhadkeshwar Mahadev temple on the shore, and the Blue Flag Shivrajpur Beach on the road between Dwarka and Nageshwar.
