Bileshwar

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Porbandar District Map

Bileshwar (बिलेश्वर) is a village in Ranavav Taluka of Porbandar district in Gujarat, India.

Location

It is located to the east of the Barda Hill on the banks of the Bileshvari river. The river called Bil Ganga rises in the Barda hills, and flows past this village and joins the Minsar river near Khirsara.

The location code or village code of Bileshwar village is 514244. Bileshwar village is located in Ranavav Tehsil of Porbandar district in Gujarat, India. It is situated 15km away from sub-district headquarter Ranavav and 30km away from district headquarter Porbandar.

Variants

• Bileshwar (बिलेश्वर)
• Bilveshvara बिल्वेश्वर, कठियावाड़, गुजरात, (AS, p.632)

History

Porbandar State had endowed this shrine with some land, and Navanagar State had granted it the village of Sajdiali in dharmada or religious tenure. The Rabaris and Charans of the neighbouring districts used give one day's churning of butter to the shrine yearly, and the Bava of the temple goes to collect it even as far as Okhamandal.

Bileshwar Shiva temple

Bileshwar Mahadev temple is a fine temple sacred to Shiva, of some antiquity, and in excellent preservation. The Rabaris of the neighbouring states and villages have much faith in this Mahadev and many vows are made to the shrine, several lamps of ghee are constantly burning here; one of these was kept up at the cost of the Rana of Porbandar.

बिल्वेश्वर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है .....बिल्वेश्वर (AS, p.632) गुजरात के काठियावाड़ में स्थित है। इस स्थान पर पहुंचने के लिए पोरबंदर से 17 मील दूर साखूपुर से मार्ग जाता है। यह तीर्थ महाभारतकालीन बताया जाता है तथा किंवदंती के अनुसार श्रीकृष्ण ने यहाँ शिव की अराधना की थी।