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Somnath Temple

Somanatha Temple (Sanskrit: सोमनाथ, romanized: Somanātha, lit. Soma = moon nātha = lord/master ) is a Hindu temple, located in Prabhas Patan, Veraval, in Gujarat, India. It is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites, or Tirtha Kshetra for Hindus and is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. The date of construction of the earliest…

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Location
Veraval
Affiliation
Hinduism
Completed
1951
Country
India
Creator
Unknown - by Unknown (Many constructions) · 1169 - by Kumarapala · 1308 - by Mahipal I · 1950 - by The Somnath Trust (Present structure)
Deity
Shiva

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related to Archaeological studies · 35
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related to British Raj · 34
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related to Mahmud of Ghazni’s Raid (1026 CE) · 29
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related to Scriptural mentions · 29
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related to Pakistan and West Asia · 28
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related to Reconstruction during 1950–1951 · 27
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related to Khalji's Invasion · 25
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related to Location · 25
Somnath Temple → Africa, Ahmedabad, Al-Biruni, China, Combined, Diu, Gujarat, Indian, It, Junagadh, Keshod Airport, Literature, Middle East, Persian, Saurashtra, Somnath, Somnath Terminus, Southeast Asia, Sufala, The
related to India · 23
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related to Later reconstruction by Ahilyabai Holkar · 23
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Somnath TempleAffiliationHinduism1.00infobox
Somnath TempleCompleted19511.00infobox
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Somnath TempleCountryIndia1.00infobox
Somnath TempleCreatorUnknown - by Unknown (Many constructions)1.00infobox
Somnath TempleCreator1169 - by Kumarapala1.00infobox
Somnath TempleCreator1308 - by Mahipal I1.00infobox
Somnath TempleCreator1950 - by The Somnath Trust (Present structure)1.00infobox
Somnath TempleDeityShiva1.00infobox
Somnath TempleDemolished1026 by Mahmud of Ghazni1.00infobox
Somnath TempleDemolished1299 by Ulugh Khan1.00infobox
Somnath TempleDemolished1395 by Muzaffar Shah I1.00infobox
Somnath TempleDemolished1706 by Aurangzeb1.00infobox
Somnath TempleDistrictGir Somnath1.00infobox
Somnath TempleGoverning bodyShree Somnath Trust1.00infobox
Somnath TempleLocationVeraval1.00infobox
Somnath TempleStateGujarat1.00infobox

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