- Somnath Temple Gujarat is situated in Prabhas Patan in Saurashtra, West Gujarat, India, at the confluence of the mythological rivers Saraswati, Hiranya, and Kapila at Triveni Sangam.
- It is considered the first of 12 Jyotirlingas in India and the first place where Lord Shiva manifested.
- The site of the temple has been a place of pilgrimage since ancient times due to the confluence of three rivers – Kapila, Hiran, and Sarasvati.
- Somnath Mahadev Temple is mentioned in ancient texts such as Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Skandpuran, Shivpuran and Rigveda, indicating the importance of this temple as one of the most famous pilgrimage sites.
- The Somnath temple is one of the five most revered sites on the coast of India, along with neighboring Dwarka in Gujarat, Jagannath Temple Puri in Odisha, Rameshwaram and Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.