THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE OF LORD DATTATRAYA, AMIDST THE SERENE AND QUIET NATURAL SURROUNDINGS OF VANKI RIVER, AT THE VILLAGE PATHARI, 7KMS FROM VALSAD CITY (DIST VALSAD) GUJARAT, AND 3 KMS FROM DHARAMPUR ROAD HIGHWAY.
PARAM PUJYA ANSUYAMATAJI HAILING FROM MAHARASTRIAN BRAHMIN FAMILY, ALONG WITH HER SON AND DISCIPLE GURUDAS SWAMIJI WALKED THE WHOLE OF INDIA TWICE. THEY DID “SHRI DATT UPASANA” IN THE JUNJLES FOR MANY YEARS. LORD DATTATRAYA GAVE THEM DARSHAN ON BEING PLEASED WITH THEIR “BHAKTI” AND SHOWED THEM THIS PLACE AND TOLD THEM TO BUILD DATT PITH AND TO SETTLE THERE.
THIS DATT PITH LIES ON 7 ACRE LAND NEAR VANKI RIVER. IT IS CALLED THE “VISHRAM STHALA” AS IT IS 700 KMS FROM SIDDHKSHETRA GANGAPUR AND 700 KMS FROM PATHRI TO GIRNAR (DATT PRABHU’S PADUKA).
THE INAUGRATION AND PRAN PRATHISTHA OF THE TEMPLE WAS DONE BY THE SHANKRACHARYA OF KARVIR PEETH AND THE YAGNA WAS PERFORMED BY THE VIDVAN BRAHMINS OF GANGAPUR.
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