Tulsishyam


Tulsishyam is located on the border of Amreli district and Gir Somnath district, in the Gir National Park in Gujarat state of India. It reachable by road 45 km from Dhari in Amreli district and 35 km from Una in Gir Somnath district.

Gravity hill optical illusion

Tulsishyam Anti Gravity Hill or Anti Gravity Hill, Gupti is an optical illusion of a gravity hill where vehicle seems to defy the gravity and roll from down slope to up the slope. It is 400 meter north of Tulsi Shyam Temple on State Highway SH104, 75 km southwest of Amreli city, 110 km southeast of Junagadh, 166 km south of Rajkot, 170 km southwest of Bhavnagar, 300 km southeast of Dwarka, and 310 km southeast of Ahmedabad.

Vishnu Shyam temple

There is an ancient temple of Lord Vishnu-Lord Shyam. Legend says that Lord Krishna eliminated the demon called Tul and so the place is associated with his name along with that of Krishna as Shyam and is thus called Tulsishyam. The idol of Lord Tulsishyam is said to be 3000 years old. It is made up of black stone. There is a hot sulphur spring near the temple that is believed to have curative powers.