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'''Bhavnath''' is a locality in [[Junagadh]] city of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It sits near the [[Girnar]] mountain range, close to Girnar Taleti, the place from where pilgrims have to ascend on foot to get to temples on Girnar hills. <br />
[[File:Bhavnath Mahadev.jpg|alt=Bhavnath Mahadev Temple, Bhavnath|Bhavnath Mahadev Temple|thumb]]<br />
[[File:Junagah - Girnar, Gujarat - India (3418386622).jpg|thumb|Junagah - Girnar, Gujarat - India]]<br />
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==History==<br />
The Bhavnath Mahadev temple is a shrine ensconced in myths and legends of the Puranic era, at the base of Mount [[Girnar]] in Bhavnath village. The Shiva ling here is said to have emerged of its own divine intention. Reportedly, when Shiva and Parvati were traveling over the Girnar Hills their divine garment fell over the present '''Mrgi Kund''', making this place an auspicious site for lord Shiva worshipers. Even today, the naga bavas [Naked sadhus] bathe in the holy Mrgi Kund before joining the Mahashivaratri procession. The fair itself is so ancient that its precise origins are unknown. <ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/showpage.aspx?contentid%3D485 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052103/http://www.gujarattourism.com/showpage.aspx?contentid=485 |archivedate=2011-09-28 }} History of Bhavnath at GujaratTourism.com</ref> [[File:Girnar_1.jpg|alt=Girnar Mountain, Bhavnath|Girnar Mountain|thumb]]<br />
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There are two main annual festivals: [[Maha Shivaratri]] and Girnar Lili Parikrama.<ref name="Bhavnath Festival, Mahashivratri">{{cite web |url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/gujarat/fairs-and-festivals/bhavnath-festival.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903205230/http://www.mapsofindia.com/gujarat/fairs-and-festivals/bhavnath-festival.html |archivedate=3 September 2011 }} Bhavnath Festival, Mahashivratri</ref> <br />
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The Bhavnath fair is a five-day occasion in Magha month of Hindu calendar, in the month of February-March, culminating with the most auspicious worship of God Shiva, at midnight of [[Maha Shivaratri]], which is thronged by hundreds of Naga Sadhus [naked Sadhus] of Dashanami Sampradaya, taking dip at Mrgi kund and offering their prayers at the temple. People believe that God Shiva himself visits the shrine here on this holiest day. Devotees go around the holy hills of [[Girnar]], before the fair. Lakhs of pilgrims from [[Mewar]], [[Kutch]] and [[Gujarat]] visit the temple at this time, as also foreign tourists, enchanted by the rosaries and sacred statues sold on stalls, by sellers from far [[Ayodhya]] and [[Mathura]] and elsewhere, and not to miss display of the Naga sadhus' [[Hatha yoga]] and such occult practices. The whole place resounds with music and blowing of auspicious conch shells, tungis, and turis, with the Naga Sadhus on their elephants, holding Hindu religious flags in their hands, preceded by a decorated statue of Lord Dattatreya, in a palanquin. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.festivalsofindia.in/bhavnath_fair/index.aspx |title=Bhavnath fair |access-date=13 April 2016 |archive-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913111417/http://www.festivalsofindia.in/bhavnath_fair/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.discoveredindia.com/gujarat/fairs-and-festival-in-gujarat/fairs/bhavnath-fair.htm Junagadh district of Gujarat]</ref><br />
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