My Morbi #3 The Rafaleshwar Temple
Little away from the Morbi City is the temple of Rafaleshwar
Mahadev temple. It is said to be built by King Ripu on a “Swaymbhu Shivlinga”.
The Kings (Thakors) of Morbi have constantly renovated this
temple and added their own temples in many instances. Today this single temple
has five “lingas”. One main “linga” and other four installed by the kings in
their names as a token of respect towards the “Mahadev”.
It has a big bathing tank on the left . Carved out of sand
stone it has some fine carvings and arches.
Some of the carvings have the effect of corrosion on them but most of them are intact.
The careless wire fitting shows the disrespect for the
historical heritage.
The marble plaque shows the details of the restoration work
done by Maharaja Shree Lakdhirji
There
were lots of such pots I wonder where they all vanished.
This
huge bell was placed during the last restoration work
The
most important thing I liked about the temple is that everyone is welcome be it
people, crows, dogs, turtles just about anyone. That is really like “Bholanath”
and the reason why everyone is attracted towards him and his simplicity.
It
is said in the stories that King Ripu had gone to Kashi to sacrifice his life.
His sacrificial blood gave rise to pipal sapling with golden leaves which was
planted here. We tried to find that tree but all we could find was a regular
pipal tree but it is also a magnificent tree.
Thanks to Mr Hardik Vyas for these beautiful photographs
Pl Note:-
Rafaleshwar Pincode is 363642 With 22.85999 Latitude and 70.83274 Longitude
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