My journey to Gir Part - 1( Ghela Somnath)

Hey guyzz!! I am Prachi. This is my first travel blog. Please forgive me if you find any mistake. Let me start now. Last week I travelled to Gir at my uncle's camp. Here I am sharing an experience of my travel. I hope this will help you for travelling at Gir. Gir is in Gujarat.It is 350-400 k.m. away from Ahmedabad. I went there with my family. We went there by our own car. You can also go there by bus or train .It takes 8-9 hours from Ahmedabad and if you have more days for travelling you can also visit some more places, and you will go to Gir next day. We took an express highway which directly goes to the Rajkot. On this highway you can also visit the historical places of Gujarat like Lothal , Dholavira . Dholavira was the biggest city of Harrappa. There are 2 ways to go Rajkot. One way is to turn from Dhandhuka and second way goes to Limbdi. According to me the second way is good for travelling. At Limbdi there is a big HFM (Highway Food Mall). You can find Dominoes , Ccd, Havemore , Subway there. After      k.m. we reached at Chotila. There is a very famous temple of Goddess Chamunda. The temple have approx 900 steps. You can also visit this temple. You will find so many food stalls here. As we had to go Jasdan Village to meet my Nanu. So we took a route of Jasdan. It is 51 k.m. away from Chotila. There is a temple near Jasdan which is called Ghela Somnath. It is a temple of God Shiva. We had to stay there. After reaching at jasdan we went to a restaurant called Atmiya restaurant for our lunch. Punjabi , Gujarati and Chinese food had been served there. Food packets and ice-creams were also available. Then we ordered Gujarati fix dish. The price was 100 RS. It was unlimited lunch except Papad. There were two sabji ( Bhindi , Baingan ) ,roti , buttermilk , rice , dal , achar. According to me the food was not so good but you can eat there. Then we went to Taluka Seva Sadan to meet my Nanu. In Jasdan you will find a huge collection of oxodize items. My nanu took us to the shop called Shree Khodiyar Handicraft in the market. There were a very good collection of oxodize , Minakari , silver , handicraft items. If u visit this place don't forget to go at this shop. You will find a good collection of handicraft items. Then we went at Ghela Somnath. It is approx 19 k.m. away from Jasadan village. You will get ST buses from jasdan. This temple has a good facilities for tourists who comes very far away and who wants to stay. There are five types of rooms. There are 16 V.I.P. rooms and 44 other rooms. These are the price of different rooms.
A.C. rooms – 500 R.S. ( per night )
Deluxe rooms – 150 R.S.( per night)
Dormitory room – 300 R.S.( 1 part)
Ground hall - 600 R.S.
Simple room – 100 R.S. ( per night )
I hope this will help you. They served food for free of cost. The food was also good. I stayed at the A.C. room. The room had good facilities like T.V. , A.C. , fridge , attached toilet and bathroom. This temple also has a big GAUSHALA . [ The history of this temple is amazing (15 century). Very few people know  about this. The sultan Muhamad Jafri wanted to break the SHIVLING of Somnath. The princess Minaldevi was the true worshiper of lord SHIVA. When Muhamad Jarfri’s soldiers came there to take that SHIVALING, Minaldevi went in the secret tunnel with that SHIVLING. When sultan knew about the tunnel. He came to the tunnel to finish Minaldevi and SHIVALING both. Minaldevi left the tunnel and went at the place now which is called Ghela somnath. She established the SHIVLING there. You can also see the temple of Minaldevi on the small hill at the opp. side of the temple. She took a SAMADHI at that place.]

Early morning atmosphere, Ghela Somnath

View of Ghela Somnath temple at Minaldevi temple