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2 unusual facts about Dwarka


Matsya

Prominent ones include the Shankhodara temple in Bet Dwarka and Vedanarayana Temple in Nagalapuram.

Syed Mohammad Ahsan

As Director-General of Naval Intelligence, Ahsan planned the naval operation Operation Somnath at Dwarka and selected the combatant fleet for the operation.


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Dwarakadheesh Temple

The Dwarakadheesh temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krishna, who is worshipped here by the name Dwarkadhish, or 'King of Dwarka'.

Dwarka Sector 21 metro station

This station was built as an extension together with Dwarka Sector 8 in order to serve Dwarka residents better and provide interchange with the Delhi Airport Express.

Dwarka Sector 8 metro station

This station was built as an extension to Dwarka Sector 21 in order to serve Dwarka residents better and provide interchange with the Delhi Airport Express.

Harsidhhi

Harshidhhi Mata Temple also known as Harshal Mata Temple located at a place called Miani, some 30 km away from Porbandar en route to Dwarka.

Janakpuri

In recent years, the Delhi Metro has grown at a rapid pace, with three metro-stations in Janakpuri (Uttam Nagar East, Janakpuri East and Janakpuri West) on the Dwarka-Noida line.

K.M. Hussain

Under the command of Commodore S.M. Anwar, Pakistan Navy's Flotilla shelled and heavily bombarded the Indian Port Dwarka.

Shri Keshavraiji Temple, Bet Dwarka

Pushkarna Brahmin along with Bhatia devotees, mostly from Sindh, Rajasthan, Kutch, Gujarat and Punjab, visited Bet Dwarka to worship Lord Keshavraiji most often.

SS Dwarka

In 1981, Dwarka was used for several location shoots (portraying much earlier BI vessels) in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi, about the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

Vibhavari Deshpande

Based on the novel of same name by Anand Yadav, Dwarka's character was of a wife who dislikes her husband's involvement in Tamasha.

Vivek Express

This train is also religiously important, as it joins two places of religious significance; namely Lord Krishna's Dwarka and Rameswaram, which lies close to Thoothukudi.


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