Cricketer Hardik Pandya Visits Gujarat's Somnath Temple

All Image Courtesy: Instagram/Hardik Pandya

Pandya In A Spiritual Avatar

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Visits Somnath Temple

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Offers Prayers

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Prayers To Shiva Linga

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Encounter With Spirituality

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Somnath Temple

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Jyotirlinga

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Blessed Heart

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