The Beneshwar Dham sits on a small island at the confluence of the Som and Mahi rivers, about 70 km southeast of Dungarpur. The shrine to Shiva is modest in itself — a low stone temple with a self-formed lingam said to have appeared in the riverbed — but the site is considered the most sacred Bhil pilgrimage in India.
Outside of festival times the place is quiet and picturesque, with cool water on three sides and forested hills around. The drive crosses a stretch of typical Bhil countryside — flat-roofed mud villages, fields of maize, and women in red and yellow dresses walking the road.