Somnath

The great sandstone spire of the Somnath Temple stands exactly where the land ends, facing an empty horizon that reaches all the way to the South Pole. Somnath Temple Right where the land just stops, this massive sandstone temple stares out at nothing but ocean all the way to Antarctica. Walk in, and the first thing you notice? Salt sticking to your skin and the Arabian Sea pounding against the walls like it’s pissed off. At night, the whole promenade glows with lamps, and the air’s this weird mix of incense and fish from Veraval’s docks nearby. Heavy stone, crashing waves, temple bells trying to out-shout the ocean; it’s intense.