Dwarkadhish Temple

Timing of Temple

Darshan Timing

Morning Timings

06:30 am Mangla Arti
06:30 am to 08:00 am Mangla Darshan
08:00 am to 09:00 am Abhishek Pooja [Snan Vidhi]: Darshan Closed
09:00 am to 09:30 am Shringar Darshan
09:30 am to 09:45 am Snanbhog : Darshan Closed
09:45 am to 10:15 am Shringar Darshan
10:15 am to 10:30 am Shringarbhog: Darshan Closed
10:30 am to 10:45 am Shringar Arti
11:05 am to 11:20 am Gwal Bhog: Darshan Closed
11:20 am to 12:00 pm Darshan
12:00 pm to 12:20 pm Rajbhog: Darshan Closed
12:20 pm to 01:00 pm Darshan
01:00 pm Anosar, Darshan Closed

2. Evening Timings

5:00 pm Uthappan First Darshan
05:30 pm to 05:45 pm Uthappan Bhog: Darshan Closed
05:45 pm to 07:15 pm Darshan
07:15 pm to 07:30 pm Sandhya Bhog: Darshan Closed
07:30 pm to 07:45 pm Sandhya Arti
08:00 pm to 08:10 pm Shayanbhog: Darshan Closed
08:10 pm to 08:30 pm Darshan
08:30 pm to 08:35 pm Shayan Arti
08:35 pm to 09:00 pm Darshan
09:00 pm to 09:20 pm Bantabhog and Shayan: Darshan Closed
09:20 pm to 09:30 pm Darshan
09:30 pm Darshan Mandir Closed

Architecture

The majestic five-storied structure of Dwarkadhish Temple stands high on the confluence of the Gomati River and the Arabian river. Designed with the support of seventy-two pillars, Dwarkadhish Mandir presents a sight to embrace. Elevated to the peak of 78.3 meters, the tower of the temple dominates the skyline of Dwarka. Associate in Nursing cardinal foot long multicoloured flag, adorned with the symbols of the sun and moon, waves from the dome of the temple. it's aforementioned that originally the temple was designed over the 'Hari-Griha' (Bhagwaan Krishna's residential place) by Vajranabha, the grandchild of Bhagwaan avatar.
Dating back to 2500 years, Jagat Mandir (Nija Mandir) makes the sanctum sanctorum of Dwarkadheesh Temple. It contains a soaring tower and a hall of audience. The audience hall is comprised of each, ancient and existing sculptures. The temple is often entered by 2 doorways. the most door (north entrance) is thought of as "Moksha Dwara" (Door to Salvation), whereas the southern door is named as "Swarga Dwara" (Gate to Heaven). The outer facet of this door has fifty-six steps that want the Gomati stream.

Structure

It is a 5 storied structure designed over seventy two pillars (sandstone temple with sixty pillars is additionally mentioned). The first temple had been designed by Krishna's grandchild over the Harigraha, the palace of an avatar. The temple has an Associate in the auditorium or audience hall. There are 2 necessary entrances to the temple, one is that the main entry door that is named the Moksha Dwar (meaning "Door to Salvation") and also the entrance that is thought because the Swarga Dwar(meaning: "Gate to Heaven").
The main immortal deified within the sanctum is of Dwarkadeesh, which is thought as Trivikrama variety of Hindu deity and is delineated with four arms. On the chamber to the left of the most altar is that the immortal of Balarama, elder brother of an avatar. The chamber to the proper homes the pictures of Pradyumna and Aniruddha, son and grandchild of Vishnu's Avatar Krishna. In many shrines close to the central shrine there are pictures of deity Radha, Rukmini, Jambavati, Satyabhama, Lakshmi, Devaki(Krishna's mother), Madhav Raoji (another name for Krishna), Rukmini, Jugal Swaroop (the name for Krishna), Hindu deity Narayana.
The temple tower rises to a height of seventy-eight metres (256 ft) and an awfully giant flag with symbols of Sun and Moon is hoisted on that. The flag, triangular in form, is fifty feet (15 m) in length. This flag is modified fourfold daily with a replacement one and Hindus pay a large add of cash to hoist it by getting a replacement flag. the money received on this account is attributable to the fund of the temple to satisfy the operation and maintenance expenses of the temple.

The Legend

There is a legend behind the idol of Bhagwaan Dwarkadhish within the temple. Badana, an old follower, used to come every day from Dakar to Dwarka, to experience a glimpse of the Bhagwaan Dwarkadhish. The Bhagwaan was very pleased with her and one precious day, he gets along with Badana to Dakor, in idol form. The monks at Dwarka temple got agitated at Badana, who took the idol as claimed by them. The irritated monks pursued Badana to get back the idol. Badana convinced the monks to leave the idol with her and take gold instead.
The monks accept the condition and to their surprise, the idol happened to be as lightweight as a nose-ring. This miracle was done by the Bhagwaan himself, as he knew Badana had solely a nose-ring to provide. However, the Bhagwaan did not dishearten the monks and aforementioned that they will find a replica on a selected day. The monks couldn’t resist their curiosity and excavated the counselled site quite early. They found one half-grown idol that’s presently enshrined at Dwarka.

History

About 5000 years ago, Dwarka is believed to be designed by Bhagwaan Krishna himself. As per the ‘Harivansh’ (an appendix to the Mahabharata), Dwarka was positioned on the bank of the Gomati river. This Holy City is claimed to be the abode of Bhagwaan himself, for more than one hundred years, throughout his lifetime. Dwarka is assumed to have been submerged within the ocean, once the Bhagwaan returned to his divine world “Baikunth”.
In the early eighties, archaeology department disclosed that the complete coast of western India sank by nearly forty feet around 1500 B.C. The current temple is anticipated to not be older than the Mughal Period. The inscriptions on the pillars go back to the fifteenth century. Essentially, the traditional temple had been there, however it had been probably destroyed by Mahmud Begada in 1473 AD. This structure should have been assembled during the era of Mughal Emperor, Akbar.

Shrine

In the primary shrine, the prominent altar surrounds the idol of Bhagwaan Dwarkadheesh. The image is bestowed within the variety of four-armed Hindu deity (Bhagwaan avatar is that the incarnation of Bhagwaan Vishnu) called Trivikrama. except for this main idol, there are idols of Baldevaji (Balrama), Pradyumna and Aniruddha (grandsons of Bhagwaan Krishna) too. There’s a small idol dedicated to Kuseswara Mahadeva (Shiva) conjointly. Besides these, there are idols devoted to Devaki (mother of Bhagwaan Krishna), Veni-Madhava (Bhagwaan Vishnu), Radhika, Jambuvati, Satyabhama, Lakshmi, Saraswati and Lakshmi-Narayan within the temple.