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Straight line without land between Somnath and Antarctica

#Somnathtemple is situated at such a place that there is no land in a straight line between Somnath seashore until Antarctica, such an inscription in Sanskrit is found on
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the Bāṇastambha (a pillar) erected on the sea-protection wall. This is inscribed on a pillar since 7th century CE, which proves that Indians knew about South Pole much ahead of others.
Somnath temple is ancient among the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Siva,

which is located in Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of Gujarat.

The temple has been also mentioned in Vedas and Puranas. Apart from this, the Purana also describes the Sparsa Linga of Somnath as one bright as the sun. The Mahabharata too refers to the Prabhasa Kshetra and the legend of the moon worshipping Shiva.

You will be amazed to note that South Pole and Antarctica were mentioned in Uttara Rayamana, also and that too long back. In Mahabharata, Somnath is described as a city south of the confluence of river Saraswati to the sea.

The place has been recorded history of at least 1400 years. Since the time Chandra or Soma or Moon worshipped Shiva here to expel curse. Lord gets the name Somnath, which means ‘lord of the moon.’