‘Satyayug’ to ‘Kaliyug’: History of Somnath Temple
Ancient writings say Somnath temple was first worked by Raja Somraj in gold in the Satyayug, then by Raavan in silver in Tretayug, in sandle wood by Krishna in Dwaparyug, lastly in stone by Bhimdev Solanki in Kaliyug. Archeological discoveries show the Somnath Temple was reconstructed no less than three times before Mahmud Ghaznavi's strike in 1026. It was later assaulted thrice more.
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| RUIN PARTS OF SOMNATH TEMPLE |
Somnath Temple is known as "The Shrine Eternal". This fabulous temple has been crushed and remade a few times by Islamic lords and Hindu rulers separately. Most as of late it was revamped in November 1947, when Vallabhbhai Patel went to the range for the joining of Junagadh and mooted an arrangement for reclamation. After Patel's passing, the reconstruction of Somnath Temple was proceeded under Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, another priest of the Government of India
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| SHIV LINGA IN SOMNATH TEMPLE |
The Shiva linga in Somnath Temple is accepted to be one of the 12 jyotirlingas in India, where Shiva showed up as a red hot section of light. The jyotirlingas are taken as the preeminent, unified reality out of which Shiva incompletely shows up
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| SOMNATH TEMPLE FRONT VIEW |
The site of Somnath Temple has been a journey site from old times by virtue of being a triveni sangam (the joining of three waterways — Kapila, Hiran and the legendary Sarasvati River). Soma, the Moon god, is accepted to have lost his radiance because of a condemnation, and he showered in the Sarasvati River at this site to recapture it. The outcome is the waxing and winding down of the moon, most likely a reference to the waxing and disappearing of the tides at this ocean shore area. The name of the town Prabhas, which means shine, and the option names Someshvar and Somanath ("ruler of the moon" or "moon god") emerge from this custom.
Declaration of the Gates' of Somnath Temple Incident amid the British raj
In 1842, Edward Law, first Earl of Ellenborough issued his renowned Proclamation of the Gates, in which he requested the British armed force in Afghanistan to return by means of Ghazni and take back to India the sandalwood doors from the tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni in Ghazni, Afghanistan. These were accepted to have been taken by Mahmud from Somnath. There was a level headed discussion in the House of Commons in London in 1843 on the topic of the doors of the Somanath Temple.After much crossfire between the British Government and the resistance, the entryways were evacuated and acquired back triumph. Be that as it may, on landing, they were observed to be imitations of the original.[30] They were put in a store-room in the Agra Fort where despite everything they deceive the present day.
In the nineteenth century novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, the jewel of the title is ventured to have been stolen from the temple at Somnath and, as per the historian Romila Thapar, mirrors the hobby stirred in Britain by the gates.
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| SOMNATH TEMPLE OUTER VIEW |
Remaking of the Somnath Temple
Before freedom, Prabhas Patan was a piece of the royal condition of Junagadh, whose ruler had agreed to Pakistan in 1947. After Indiarefused to acknowledge his choice, the state was made a piece of India and Deputy Prime Minister Patel came to Junagadh on 12 November 1947 to coordinate the adjustment of the state by the Indian Army and in the meantime requested the reconstruction of the Somanath temple.
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