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Somnath
is
a
magnificent
temple
situated
in
Sagar
Kant
of
Saurashtra
in
Gujarat
state.
One
of
the
12
holy
Jyotirlingas
of
Lord
Shiva
is
in
Jyotirlinga
here
in
Somnath.
Somnath
is
also
mentioned
in
Rigveda.
This
temple
of
Somnath
has
been
very
attractive
in
front
of
many
destructive
foreign
invaders
who
want
to
lure
and
convert
to
the
temple
glory.
Whenever
the
temple
has
tried
to
destroy
it,
then
it
has
been
built
again.
SOMNATH
Somnath’s
first
temple
is
said
to
have
existed
2000
years
ago.
Is.
In
649
AD,
King
Maitre
of
Vallabhini
built
a
second
temple
in
place
of
the
temple
and
renovated
it.
In
725,
the
old
ruler
of
Sindh
took
his
army
and
attacked
the
temple
and
destroyed
the
temple.
Pratishtha
King
Nag
Bhatt
II
constructed
the
temple
for
the
third
time
in
815
using
a
red
stone
(sandstone)
stone.
In
1026,
Mahmud
Ghazni
lent
the
precious
jewels
and
property
of
Somnath
temple.
After
looting,
slaughtering
innumerable
pilgrims
of
the
temple
and
burning
the
temple
and
destroying
it.
During
1026-1042
Solanki
Raja
Bhimdev
built
the
fourth
temple
of
Bhoj
and
Anhilwad
Patan,
Parmar
King
of
Malwa.Somnath
was
destroyed
when
Delhi
Sultanate
occupied
Gujarat
in
1299.
In
1394
it
was
destroyed
again.
In
1706,
Mughal
ruler
Aurangzeb
again
demolished
the
temple.
RECONSTRUCTION
India’s
Iron
Man
and
First
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
on
November
13,
1947
promised
to
rebuild
the
temple.
Today’s
Somnath
Temple
is
built
on
its
original
place
in
seventh
place.
When
the
temple
was
rebuilt
on
December
1,
1995,
then
the
Indian
President
Dr.
Shankar
Dayal
Sharma
dedicated
the
temple
to
the
country.
In
1951,
when
India’s
first
President
Dr.
When
Rajendra
Prasad
proposed
to
purify
Jyotirling,
he
said,
“This
temple
of
Somnath
is
a
symbol
of
victory
over
construction
on
destruction”.
[Citation
needed]
The
temple
is
built
under
Shri
Somnath
Trust
And
this
trust
is
now
monitoring
the
temple.
Currently
the
chairman
of
the
trust
is
former
chief
minister
Keshubhai
Patel
and
Sardar
Patel
was
the
first
chairman
of
this
trust.
The
Kailash
Mahameru
Prasad
Temple,
built
by
Chalukya
style,
has
a
spectacular
display
of
the
art
of
Sompura
artisans
of
Gujarat.
This
type
of
construction
has
not
happened
in
the
last
800
years.
According
to
the
inscription
written
in
Sanskrit
on
the
coast,
only
the
sea
exists
between
the
temple
and
the
southern
part
of
the
planet
and
there
is
no
land.
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