Heat, monsoon and the road to Somnath
Seasonal notes for a Somnath taxi to Somnath: summer starts, monsoon slack, and winter pilgrimage weeks.
Saurashtra changes the same road. Summer wants an early wheel. Monsoon wants slack for a slow truck. Winter pilgrimage weeks fill the Somnath hotels and the lane outside them. Somnath is the home desk. The Jyotirlinga, Triveni Ghat and Bhalka Tirth are close, and the lanes fill when the aarti starts.
On a Somnath day of a few minutes between the gates, leave the margin in the morning, not at the toll plaza in the afternoon. Most pickups are a hotel on the temple road or Veraval Junction, about twenty minutes away.
An AC cab is the whole fleet, which matters from April onward. In the rains, do not stack a safari, a fort and an aarti into one unbroken hope.
Tell the desk the month, not only the date. A January Dwarka week and a July coastal week are not the same conversation.