Ahmedabad: Somnath Temple, the holy place of Hindus, is considered to be the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva. It is said to have been built by Chandradev Somraj himself, which is mentioned in the ancient Books of Hindus, Rigveda. Now PM Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate various projects for the historic Somnath temple in Gujarat. It's once again in the news for this. This temple is present in the Veraval port of Gujarat. Arab traveler Al Baruni is said to have mentioned it in his travelogue, which impressed Akranta Mahmud Ghaznavi in 1025, attacked the temple, looted property, and almost destroyed the temple.

The magnitude of the attack is said to have been carried out by Ghaznavi with nearly 5,000 people who attacked the Somnath temple. Thousands of innocent people were killed while protecting the temple. Among them were those who were either worshipping here or visiting the temple. There were also people who lived in nearby villages and came to protect the temple. However, even after this attack, the glory of the temple did not diminish. According to history, King Bhima of Gujarat and King Bhoj of Malwa rebuilt the temple. Then, in 1297, when the Delhi Sultanate subjugated Gujarat, this temple once again suffered destruction.  In 1297, when Nusrat Khan, commander of Sultan Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate, attacked Gujarat, he demolished the Somnath temple again and looted all wealth.  Thus the period of reconstruction and invasion of the temple continued. After the invasion of Nusrat Khan, the temple was rebuilt by Hindu kings. Then, for the third time in 1395, Sultan Muzaffar Shah of Gujarat demolished the temple again and then looted it. When the temple was rebuilt, Ahmed Shah, the son of Muzaffar Shah, repeated his father's act in 1412, but it was once again built by Hindu kings. In the meantime, the devotees' devotion was never less than the temple.

The temple also faced the attack of the brutal Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. The Somnath temple was demolished twice during Aurangzeb's time. After demolishing the temple for the first time in 1665, when Aurangzeb saw that Hindus still offer prayers at the place, he sent a military team there to commit robbery and genocide. The temple that is currently standing was rebuilt by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of Independent India, in 1950. On December 1, 1995, The President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma dedicated this temple to the nation. Even the 6-time attacks could not remove the glory of this temple from the minds of the devotees. The temple was built in Kailash Mahameru palace-style for the seventh time, with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel associated with the construction work. However, many historians also claim to have attacked Somnath 17 times.

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Now, under PM Modi, a 1 km long sea darshan walkway is being constructed on the beach behind Somnath temple here under prasad scheme. It has been designed at a total cost of over Rs 47 crore. The Somnath Exhibition Centre developed in the premises of the Tourist Facilitation Centre depicts fragmented parts of the old Somnath temple and the Nagar-style temple architecture statues of the old Somnath. The renovated temple complex of Old (Juna) Somnath has been repaired by Shri Somnath Trust at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore. At the same time, the Sri Parvati Temple is proposed to be constructed at a cost of Rs 30 crore.

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