Dwarka
the headquarters of Okhamandal taluka is in the extreme west of the Saurashtra
peninsula on the Arabian Sea. It is a station on the Ahmedabad-Okha
broad gauge railway line, about 137-km from Jamnagar, 217 km from Rajkot
and 378 km from Ahmedabad.
A state highway with Jamnagar and Okha also
connects it. Nearest airport is Jamnagar. Dwarka
lies on 20.22' north latitude and 69.05' east longitude. Dwarka was known as the
city of Gold. Shree Krishna came here from Mathura along with Yadav families and
established his own empire Dwarka. That was the legend but science proved it partially.
Scientists researched on that and have found some facts.
Dwarka is derived
from "Dwar", a door, and in ancient times its flourishing port was considered
to be the gateway to the main land. As "Ka" means "Brahma"
meaning, gateway to Moksha. It is called Dwarkamati and Dwarkavati. Being adopted
home and capital of Shri Krishna after he gave up Mathura. It is held in such
a high esteem as a place of Hindu pilgrimage that it is considered to be one of
the four principal holy places or chaardhaam, it is also known as Mokshapuri.
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Dwarka
Municipality runs a bus service to take the pilgrims to several
places nearby
Dwarka. The places covered are Nageshwar, Gopi Talao, Bet Dwarka and Rukminimata
temple. The bus plies two times in a day; in the morning at 0800 hrs and second
time at 1400 hrs in the afternoon. The each trip returns in about five hours covering
all places. The ticket is only Rs. 30/- per person and Rs. 15/- for a child. Passenger
is however required to pay the boat fair for Bet Dwarka. From a jetty at Okha
there are passenger ferries for Bet Dwarka and back. The bus has capacity of 55
seats.
The bus commences and terminates journey near vegetable market
at
Dwarka. The booking is done at offices near vegetable market as well as
on Bhadrakali road. Private vehicles also ply on the route.
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