Bhalka Teerath is in Veraval near Somnath . Legend is at this place Lord Krishna after the Mahabharata war was over he left Mathura to save and protect his people, established Dwarka on the Sea shores as his capital , Veraval is called Prabhas Kshetra , one day he was having his dhyan under a Peepal tree with his back resting on tree trunk sitting on a deer skin with his left foot over his right leg , a hunter named Jara was in search of some animal to be hunted , he misunderstood the foot of Lord Krishna to be an eye of a deer and shot an arrow ( in Gujarati arrow means Bhall Baan ) and badly injured the Lord , realizing his mistake he apologized to Lord but Lord Krishna told him that it is not a mistake , but it was his own deeds of previous births he was paying off . He ( Zara ) was Monkey King Bali brother of Sugreev , he was killed by him with a shot of an arrow , hiding behind the trees in his ( Lord Krishna) previous incarnation as Ram

Bhalka Teerath , Veraval, Somnath
Lord Krishna appeared before the hunter Zara , holding conch, chakra, mace and padma in his four hands , The Viraat Roop Lord Vishnu .

Bhalka Teerath Temple with Holy Peepal Tree
After Lord Krishna was badly injured he walked some distance to Prabhas Patan the Triveni , confluence of river Hiranya , Kapila and Saraswati and breathed his last and at same place he was cremated

Balram Gufa ( Cave) Bhalka Teerath Somnath
The place where Balarama (Incarnation of Sheshnag ) also known as Baldev , Lord Krishna’s elder brother departed from the earth in his serpent form after Lord Krishna left for Nijdham ( Heavenly abode). This is marked by an ancient holy cave called “Dauji-ni Gufa”

Triveni Ghats , cremation site of Lord Krishna
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