Why Dwarka is Known as The Lost and Submerged City of India?

Numerous ancient towns have been constructed all around the world throughout history. Some of these towns were so magnificent that poetry was composed in their praise, while others were so beautiful that people believed gods had built them. The city of Dwarka, one of India's seven holiest pilgrimage sites, is significant both historically and religiously. The archaic form of the city, known in the epic Mahabharata as the ancient kingdom of Krishna, was a walled city that stretched across nearly 84 kilometres at the confluence of the Gomti River and the Arabian Sea. The scripture claims that after Krishna's death, the old city was submerged beneath the Arabian Sea. Lord Sri Krishna lived in the kingdom of Dwarka. While He battled with Jarasandha and Kalayavana, Krishna created this beautiful city to guard the citizens of Mathura. One of India's char dhams in Dwarka. It is also one of the 108 Divya Deshams celebrated in the Alwars Divya Prabhandas. One of the most ancient Hindu writings, the Mahabharata, testifies to the existence of the City of Dwarka, which is claimed to have been constructed by a celestial deity. In Dwarka, myths and reality merge to form one cohesive whole. We learn there that what was once a myth can quickly become reality. In 1988, a city called Dwarka, sometimes known as the "Gateway to Heaven," was found submerged around 100 feet beneath the Gulf of Cambay in the Arabian Sea. Archaeologists searched for physical proof of the buried city off the coast of present-day Dwarka in the latter half of the 20th century to establish its existence beyond a reasonable doubt. As a result, several artefacts, including stone pillars and blocks, have been found underwater; nevertheless, it is still uncertain how old these discoveries are. Archaeologists are currently organising an underwater excavation to hunt for the remains of the old city walls. Indian history will be greatly impacted if they can pinpoint the settlement's exact location. There were discovered old buildings, pillars, city grids, and artefacts from the past. They are shrouded in mystery; some think they date from the Middle Ages, while others think they could be as old as 5,000 years old. Others, however, contend that the city was invaded and the Dwarka temple was demolished in 1473 by the Gujarat Sultan Mahmud Begada. In either case, this is a genuine undersea city that has been lost for a very long time and is filled with legend and mystery. Dwarka has been the subject of extensive inquiry by many specialists and scientists. Experts like Y. S. Rawat, a former director of the state archaeological department, assert that Dwarka and other cities were submerged by a tsunami that struck the region 3500 years ago. In the 1970s, a marine scientist found the remains of a submerged civilization close to the Dwarka coast. After that, in 2002, researchers unearthed an extraordinarily advanced civilization from the distant past that was preserved beneath the ocean's surface. The precise position of the city, including some stone structures, was discovered by marine experts with the aid of sound matrix, picture technology, and sub-bottom profiling. In the Gulf of Cambay/Cambhat off the western coast of India, the lost city of Dwarka was discovered 120 feet under the surface. The total length of the city is 7 to 8 km and it is 3 to 4 km wide. After carbon testing this city, it was found that this city is between 7000-9500 Years old. The sixteenth Mahabharata book states that after the battle of Kurukshetra, Lord Krishna confronts Gandhari. Deeply offended and heartbroken at the deaths of her sons and the Kaurava army, Gandhari curses Krishna, saying that all Yadavas will perish just like her sons did. She holds Krishna responsible for his inaction and thinks he had the power to end the conflict and spare the lives of hundreds of millions of victims. As he describes how Duryodhana rejected his several attempts to foster peace, Krishna accepts the curse. He also describes Duryodhana's and the Kauravas' repeated attempts to murder the Pandavas. The entire city of Dwarka remained submerged and unknown to devotees until it was unearthed a few years ago in the Arabian Sea after Lord Krishna had finished His pastimes on this planet and destroyed the Yadu dynasty. The waters grew, covering the entire city of Dwarka. The present Dwarka is thought to be the seventh iteration of the city, which has been submerged six times due to the devastation and destruction caused by the sea. 3500 years ago, an increase in water level caused Dwarka to submerge. Hindu sacred traditions claim that Dwarka was submerged by the ocean up to six times, a victim of typhoons and tidal waves, but that with the help of divine favour, it always rose to the surface and remained the residence of Lord Krishna. Archaeological remains that are undeniably significant are currently being reburied due to carelessness and suspicion. The government hasn't put enough effort into recording the lost city's history or protecting its relics, which date back several thousand years. The City was believed to have only existed in myths until the 1990s. But in the 1990s, archaeologist Ranganatha Rao conducted research off the coast of the current City of Dwarka (the gold of Khambhat / Cambay), based on these traditions and discovered structures from an ancient society that date to the third millennium BC, as well as old anchors and vessels. Dwarka was only known as a mythical location up to Rao's discovery since, although being mentioned in the main Hindu sacred books, no concrete evidence of its existence had ever been uncovered. The fact that Dwarka, whose name comes from the Sanskrit word "dwar" (gate), is one of the four sacred pilgrimage sites that exist, emphasises the significance of this location for Hinduism. The entire truth about Dwarka is still a mystery to the world, which is eager to learn it. Wouldn't it be proper if the Indian government assembled a team of archaeologists and gave them absolute freedom to investigate the Dwarka site in order to ascertain the truth? When the truth is revealed, it will open up a whole new chapter in the history of the Indian subcontinent and benefit all of humanity. In India's history, the uncovering of the mythical city of Dwarka was a significant turning point. It answered questions historians had about the historical accuracy of the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna, and the reality of Dwarka city. The history of Indian civilization has now gone from the present day to the Vedic age.