वीरावल

viraval kathiyava d, gujarat ka bandaragah aur shahar hai. yah chhota-sa bandaragah vahian sthan hai, jahaan bharatiy itihas ka prasiddh 'somanath mandir' sthit tha. is mandir ko 1024 ee. mean mahamood gazanavi ne loota tatha ise kafi nukasan pahuanchaya tha.^[1]

'viraval' ya 'veraval' ka prachin nam 'velakool' kaha jata hai. 'velakool' ka arth hai- 'samudratat'.
prachin somanath mandir ke khandahar yahaan samudr tat par ek ooanche tile par sthit haian.
is sthan ke nikat yuddh mean ahat gazani ke sainikoan ki saik doan qabrean dikhaee p dati haian, jisase jan p data hai ki gazani ki sena ko bhi bahut kshati uthani p di thi aur sthaniy rajapootoan ne b di virata se usaka samana kiya tha.
somanath ka apekshakrit naya mandir, jo purane ke samip hai, ahilyabaee holkar ne banavaya tha.
viraval ke pas hi 'prabhas' kshetr hai, jise bhagavan krishna ka dehotsarg sthal mana jata hai.

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