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The Submerged City of DWARKA

 The Submerged City of DWARKA (Image credit:  Arfabita/Getty Images ) The Submerged City of DWARKA  is known in Hindu culture to have been the great and beautiful city of Krishna. The Hindu writings say that when Krishna left the Earth to join the spiritual world, the age of Kali began and Dwarka and its inhabitants were submerged by the sea. The tales of the submersion can also evoke a tsunami like the one that struck India in 2004. Post from Insta -  ancient.bharat_ < Once upon a time, After 17 battles with Jarasandh to protect his people, Lord Krishna moved from Mathura to a place on the coast of Saurashtra to establish his capital there. To grant him his wish, Samudra-dev , the lord of the sea, receded to give him 12 yojanas.  Vishwakarma , the divine architect, built him a new city. Planned and beautiful, this new capital flourished with wealth and was called the Dwarka or Dwaravati . The name thus referring to a place that’s a doorway towards...