Here I am with some historical fact about a place which I guess lot of people don't know about. This place is known as "Tarnetar". Tarnetar is located on the way from Rajkot to a village called "Thangad" in Gujarat. Though Tarnetar has been very famous historical spot of India also covered by Discovery channel very few of us are aware about this place.
Tarnetar is known for one of the biggest fest that takes place in India. People from all around the world come to visit this place during the festival.
Tarnetar is a Lord Shiva temple. India has three biggest Shiva temple and
this place is the second biggest.
this place is the second biggest.Tarnetar carries the most prestigious historical memory that India and the world has ever known. Everyone knows about "Mahabharat". We know the story. We know that it happened somewhere on our motherland India. But do we know where?
Tarnetar is that one of those very few blessed lands of India. It is said that during Mahabharat Druapadi and paanch (five) Pandavas had stayed there during their escape. It is also said that the cart Wheel of Pandavas is still at this place kept safely.
It just makes me feel so proud that I visited this place. Thangad is where my ancestral house is located. Have been visiting the village since childhood but never landed up visiting this historical place.
The pond around the temple is blessed by river Ganga. During the fest once during those few days Ganga appears there. The change seen in the water is magnificent. Regular color of the water is green and when Ganga appears, water looks milky white and and there are bubbles in the water. And all do not get to see this. Very lucky few get to see it. During regular days you will mostly find turtles all around the pond.
This place is so quite and beautiful that once you go there you wouldn't want to move from that place for hours. It just takes you back to those old days and makes one imagine what must have been the situation than, what it must have looked like...
It is a very ordinary looking place but with great historical background to it but no one much visits there. I really do not know why expect during the fest.
The architecture is just brilliant and mind blowing and trust me all hand work.
Trust me worth a visit is what I call this place. Go there and talk to the Brahmin present there he will narrate the whole story and background of this place. Dint get too much of time to sit there and gather information as I had to head to my village. But definitely my next visit to this place is due and would be there soon.....
