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weary weight of this unintelligible world can, for a while, be lightened
and the waking soul can hear the music of the spheres. It is an island
retreat gently rocked by the wind and the waves from the Arabian Sea.
It offers you undisturbed peace and an unusual holiday.
Diu is a beautiful place with its splendour and serves
tourists with all of the best services. It has a very great heritage
and a rich culture, formed by the mixture of local Gujarati culture
and the foreign Portuguese culture.
The Island of Diu has chaptered history, having been
under the possession of and ruled by many Kings and Dynasties; beginning
with the Pauranic period and the last being Portuguese from whom it
was liberated along with Goa and Daman on 19th December, 1961. Pandavas
during their fourteen years of exile are believed to have passed a few
days at a place known as Mani Nagar (DIU), which was under the Yadavas
led by Krishna Vasudeva during Mahabharata period.
According to mythology, Diu was ruled by the great
king Jallandhar who was a daitya (Demon) and was killed by Lord Vishnu
with his Sudarshan Chakra (disc). The temple of Jallandhar still exists
in Diu. Gazetteer of Goa, Daman and Diu says that Diu was known as Jallandhar
Ksshetra during Satyung and is famous for its Jallandhar temple.
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