Shri Keshavraiji Temple, Bet Dwarka

Shri Keshavraiji Temple, Bet Dwarka





' Shri Keshavraiji Temple is located in Bet Dwarka, India. It is dedicated to Lord Shri Keshavraiji (Samasth Pushkarna Brahmin Gyati Ishtdev). Bet Dwarka is famous for its temples dedicated to Lord Krishna and is of great importance in the ancient Hindu tradition.

Lord Shri Keshavraiji is Ishtdev of Samasth Pushkarna Gyati. This ancient temple is located in Bet-Dwarka, near Mahaprabhuji Bethak, which is 30 km away from Dwarka, on the seashore. Pushkarna Brahmin along with Bhatia devotees, mostly from Sindh, Rajasthan, Kutch, Gujarat and Punjab, visit Bet Dwarka to worship Lord Keshavraiji most often. Registers witness the forename and family name of all pushkarna devotees, hand-written as long ago as 250 years.

To reach Bet-Dwarka one has to travel to Okha, and then proceed by motorboat to Bet Dwarka. Okha is connected by rail and is the last railway station. There is a direct train to Okha from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Eranakulam Junction, Rameshwaram, Puri, Dehradun, Varanasi Junction.

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