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🔱 Girnar is one of the most ancient Datta Kshetras, situated in Junagadh City of Saurashtra, Gujarat. Girnar is a famous Sidha Kshetra (Siddhakhestra means any place where one powerful Siddha meditated for 4 Yugas) of Bhagwan Dattatreya.

🔱𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐚.

🔱 Girnar means a group of mountains and they bear various temples on their peaks. The highest peak of the entire range is of almost 1000 meters above the ground level. This stands erect and high with a temple of Bhagwan Dattatreya on its top most point, the Shikhar.

🔱 The very appearance of the mountain symbolizes that a Guru is always on top of the world. Bhagwan Dattatreya is considered as Adi Guru or the Supreme Power. So His Lotus Feet are on the highest peak of the tallest mountain which is ancient than Himalayas.

🔱 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬.

🔱This had been a sacred place well before the Mohenjodaro period and its origin can be traced back to Vedas and other holy scriptures of Indus valley religions.

🔱 The area of Girnar mountain is around 70 miles and the circumambulation is around 40 kms. 𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟗,𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭.

🔱Girnar is a sacred place for Jains and Hindus, which attracts a large number of pilgrims.

🔱𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚.

🔱 The ancient temple of Bhagwan Dattatreya on the top has the foot prints of His lotus feet at the temple. It is said that Dattatreya, son of Atri Rishi and Sati Ansuya performed very severe Tapa at this place for twenty four years.

🔱 Bhagwan Shiva was very happy & gave His blessings that the Girnar Mountain would become famous as the land of Rishis and Gods.

🔱 Tourists get hypnotized due to the spiritual energy flowing in this area. The Mountain itself is treated as a sacred place and is prevailed by Sadhus from all over of which there are Naga sadhus from Himalayas and Aghoris.

🔱 Gujarat state celebrates “𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚” as an important festival of the state.

𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟑𝟑 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐬.

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