yatragujarat

somnath, nageshwar & dwarka

two jyotirlingas and a char dham on the saurashtra coast, done as one loop. the most efficient temple run in gujarat and the one where the naming confusion trips up the most people.

stops

4

duration

3–4 days

cost

rs 9,000–14,000 per person

season

open all year

the full guide

somnath, nageshwar and dwarka (2026): gujarat has two jyotirlingas, not three

dwarkadhish is a char dham, not a jyotirlinga. real costs, the rs 90 trust dorm, and why the water offering is free at somnath but rs 201 at nageshwar.

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what they don't tell you

worth saying plainly because every listicle gets it wrong: dwarkadhish is not a jyotirlinga. nageshwar is. dwarka is a char dham and a vishnu temple, and it sits on this route because of geography, not because of the jyotirlinga list. you travel them together regardless.

the route

ahmedabad/rajkot → somnath → dwarka → nageshwar → bet dwarka → back

  1. 01

    somnath

    gir somnath

    the first of the twelve jyotirlingas. destroyed and rebuilt repeatedly — the current temple is 1951.

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  2. 02

    dwarkadhish

    dwarka

    char dham, not a jyotirlinga. the flag is changed five times a day.

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  3. 03

    nageshwar

    near dwarka

    the actual jyotirlinga here. 17km from dwarka, usually done the same morning.

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  4. 04

    bet dwarka

    okha

    island. the sudarshan setu bridge carries you across now, boats optional. add half a day or skip it.

guides on this route

other yatras

char dham

uttarakhand · 4 stops

5 shaktipeeth

himachal pradesh · 5 stops

ashtavinayak

maharashtra · 8 stops

mahakaleshwar & omkareshwar

madhya pradesh · 3 stops

maharashtra trio

maharashtra · 3 stops

khatu shyam & salasar

rajasthan · 3 stops

ambaji, pavagadh & girnar

gujarat · 4 stops

odisha temple circuit

odisha · 5 stops

braj parikrama

uttar pradesh · 5 stops

konkan temple coast

goa & karnataka · 6 stops

amarnath yatra

jammu & kashmir · 5 stops