Dhinodhar Hills

[1] Dhinodhar Hill, is a volcanic plug rising above the local sandstone,[2] and composed of relatively fresh, very fine-grained, black to dark grey, largely aphyric (largely without phenocrysts), aphanitic rock, rising to an elevation of 386 meters,[2] it shows several near- vertical, dike-like tabular intrusions with well-developed columnar jointing, and a roughly circular ring breached to the east, enclosing a pronounced crater-like central depression.

[2] On the highest peak of Dhinodhar hill, there is a small, domed, somewhat cracked shrine of limestone and mud plastered with cement, built by Brahma-Kshatriya Shethh Sundarji Shivji in 1821 (Samvat 1877).

This shrine is sacred to the holy Dhoramnath or Dharmanath, who, after destroying Mandvi, repented of the loss of life, and determined to mortify the flesh by standing on his head on some lonely hill.

At its highest peak, resting it on a conical stone, he stood on his head for twelve years, a Charan woman feeding him with milk.

Outside of the shrine is the original ascetic's fire, dhuni, which is lighted three days in Bhadrapad (August–September), when the head, Pir, of the monastery comes to worship and receives homage from the people of the neighboring villages.