The
Somnath temple located in
Prabhas Patan near
Veraval in
Saurashtra on the western coast of
Gujarat,
India, is the first among the twelve
Jyotirlinga shrines of
Shiva. It is an important pilgrimage and tourist spot. The temple is considered sacred due to the various legends connected to it. Somnath means "Lord of the
Soma", an epithet of
Shiva.