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SOMNATH TEMPLE
The Somnath temple as seen from the front

The Somnath temple is an important pilgrimage and tourist spot in Gujarat, India. It is located in Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of Gujrat and is believed to be the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. It was reconstructed in the Chalukya style of Hindu temple architecture and was completed in May 1951. The reconstruction was started under the orders of the Indian Home Minister, Vallabhbhai Patel and completed after his death.


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  • 2015 Somnath Jyotirlinga temple Prabhas Patan

    Somnath Jyotirlinga temple in 2015, Prabhas Patan

  • Somnath temple ruins (1869)

    Ruined Somnath temple, 1869

  • Map of the Ghaznavid Empire

    Mahmud of Ghazni, the Turkic Muslim ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, raided India as far as Somnath, Mathura and Kannauj in Gurjara-Pratihara territory.

  • 19th century archive photos of Somanatha temple, Veraval Prabhas Patan, Gujarat

    Some of the earliest photos of Somnath temple were taken by Sykes and Nelson in the 19th-century. They show Somnath Hindu temple partly converted into an Islamic mosque.

  • Detail of the Gates from the tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni stored in the Arsenal of Agra Fort - ILN 1872

    The Gates from the tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni stored in the Arsenal of Agra Fort – Illustrated London News, 1872

  • K M Munshi at Somnath in July 1950

    K. M. Munshi with archaeologists and engineers of the Government of India, Bombay, and Saurashtra, with the ruins of Somnath Temple in the background, July 1950.

  • Ancient Somnath temple, Veraval Gujarat

    Floor plan of the main Somnath temple, Veraval Gujarat

  • Somanath Temple

    A wide-angle view – a bit distorted – from the southeast side of the present Somnath temple. Nataraja can be seen on the sukhanasi, along with the two-storey design.

  • Somnath temple in Gujarat converted into a mosque, sketched by Captain Postans and lithograph by Thomas Dibdin, published in 1850

    Somnath converted into mosque, partly correct, partly embellished sketch (1850 CE)

  • Somnath temple-View2

    Somnath Temple in 1957

  • Somnath temple Prabhas Veraval Gujarat, artwork 1 with captions

    Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu above mukhamandapa

  • Somnathtempledawn

    Somnath Temple at dawn

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