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• Sacred Geography:
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Girnar
(
गिरनार) or
Raivataka
(
रैवतक)
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Girnar (
Shiva) (
Vishnu) (
Dattatreya)
• Pilgrimages:
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Girnar Kshetra (Vastrapatha Kshetra) - Place of Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Devi Parvati, Dattatreya, Gorakhnath and Neminath:

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Girnar
(Junagadh district, Gujarat)
Foothills:
Shiva:
Bhavnath Temple (foothills)
Vishnu:
Damodar Kund (foothills)
Devi:
Bagheswari Devi Temple (foothills)
Gorakhnath:
Gorakhnath Ashram (foothills)
Hill climbing:
Neminath:
Neminath Hill Temple (around 4000 steps)
Devi:
Amba Devi Hill Temple (around 5000 steps)
Gorakhnath:
Gorakhnath Hill Temple (around 6000 steps)
Dattatreya:
Dattatreya Hill Temple (around 10000 steps)
- Girnar is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Bhavanatha.
- Girnar is the place where Lord Vishnu abides in the Damodara Kunda.
- Girnar is the place where Devi abides in the Ujiyanta Parvata.
- Girnar is the place where Tirthankara Neminath attained Nirvana.
- Girnar is the place where Yogi Gorakhnath performed penance.
- Girnar is the place where Lord Dattatreya performed penance.
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Girnar Parvat (Mount Girnar)
(Girnar Mahatmya)
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Lord Shiva left his vastra (garment) here and abided in invisible form. Later Devi Parvati, Lord Vishnu and other gods abided in this kshetra.
(Girnar Mahatmya)
• Lord Shiva told Devi Parvati about the
greatness of Bhava in this kshetra.
(Girnar Mahatmya)
• Sage Bhadra told king Gaja about the
greatness of Damodara in this kshetra.
(Girnar Mahatmya)