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Narayan Sarovar
નારાયણ સરોવર
Kutch, Gujarat · 23.6750°, 68.5371°
Trikamray (Vishnu), with shrines to Lakshminarayan, Adinarayan, Govardhannath, Dwarkanath, Lakshmiji and KalyanrayJadeja rulers of KutchDomed temples in the manner of the Dwarka shrines
Sacred since
1734 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1734 (Vagheli Mahakunvar)
Jadeja rulers of Kutch
History & significance
One of the five sacred lakes of Hinduism, the Panch-Sarovar, in Lakhpat taluka of Kutch. Its main temples were built in 1734 by Vagheli Mahakunvar, wife of Rao Deshalji I, with the Kalyanray temple added in 1828.
Sthala katha — the traditional account
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The Saraswati river is said to have reached the sea near this spot, which is what made the lake holy.