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No Land Between Somnath Siva Temple and Antarctica

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No Land Between Somnath Banasthamba and Antarctica I called for a search with the search term ’79 degrees 41 minutes Longitude’ in Google(India) Maps India. The result is reproduced below. ‘79* 41 Longitude Temples and Chidambaram The Geo Magnetic Center of the Universe And Twenty world spiritual sites in Same latitude Seven Hinduism Now then there is another one! The Somnath temple, First Jyotir Linga Kshetra of Shiva.     It is located at  Longitude  https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Somnath_temple¶ms=20_53_16.9_N_70_24_5.0_E_type:landmark_region:IN The temple is situated at such a place that there is no land in a straight line between Somnath seashore until Antarctica, such an inscription inSanskrit is found on the Bāṇastambha (Sanskrit: बाणस्तम्भ, lit. arrow pillar) erected on the sea-protection wall. The Bāṇastambha mentions that it stands at a point on the Indian landmass that is the first point on land in the north to the South Pole at that particular longitude.Somnath temple situated at the seashore of the Arabian ocean on the western corner of Indian subcontinent in Gujarat State. This pilgrimage is one of the oldest and finds its reference in the earliest texts like Skandpuran, Shreemad Bhagavat, Shivpuran etc. The hymn from Rig-Veda quoted below mention the Bhagvan Someshwar along with the immense pilgrimage like Gangaji, Yamunaji and Eastward Saraswati. This signifies the ancient value of this Tirthdhamhttps://ramanisblog.in/2016/07/26/no-land-between-somnath-shiv-linga-banasthamba-to-antarctica/

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