Dakor

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Dakor ડાકોર
—  city  —
Dakor Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 22.75°N 73.15°ECoordinates: 22.75°N 73.15°E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Kheda
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	23,784
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Website	www.dakor.in

Dakor is a city and a Nagarpalika in Kheda district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is prominent for its grand temple of Shree Ranchhodraiji.

Contents 1 History 2 Hotel Millennium 3 Festival 4 Geography 5 Connectivity 6 Demographics 7 References 8 External links

History

This story is as told by the people there in 1957. BODANA, a Krishna devotee used to walk all the way from Dakor to distant Dwaraka, on every full moon night. As BODANA aged, it became harder for him to go to Dwaraka. Lord Krishna then told him that he need not walk all the way to Dwaraka as he had decided to accompany him and stay with him in Dakor.^{[citation needed]}
So, some devotees started moving the idol of Lord Krishna. The local people objected to this and fought with the devotees. God told the devotees to throw his idol into the water. The local people searched for the idol by poking sticks into the water, but they were not able to find it. When the devotees removed the idol of Lord Krishna, wounds were seen all over the idol. These wounds were attributed as due to the sticks.
The local people then asked the devotees for gold equal to the weight of the idol. The only gold that the devotee had was his wife's nose ring. However, when the nose ring and the idol were weighed, they were found to be equal in weight. It is believed that Lord Krishna tilted the scales in favour of the nose ring, so that the local people could get only a very small quantity of gold. This idol of Lord Krishna was then installed at Dakor. This shows how Lord Krishna changed his residence for the convenience of his devotees.
Recently, Dakor is included in one of the six major pilgrimage places under "Yatradham Vikas Board" by Government of Gujart for development as a well-planned and well organised pilgrimage place to facilitate the lacs and lacs of visiting pilgrims. More than 70-80 lacs pilgrims visit the place every year and a continuous increase is witnessed every year. On "Fagun Purnima" celebration the town gets ready with all the means to welcome and serve 10-15 lac pilgrims. The sentiments and emotions of devotees during these celebration is unimaginable.
Nilay Shah