Somnath temple is one of the famous religious and tourist sites in India and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is located in Junagadh district in Gujarat. Somnath temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India.
There are many stories about the origin of the temple in Indian mythology according to one such story this temple was built in gold by Moon God Som to get relief from the curse given by his father-in-law, Daksha Prajapati. We can find mentions of this temple in epic, Mahabharata and Puranas. It is also believed that the sacred Saraswati river meets the sea at this place.
Somnath temple was destroyed and rebuilt many times. Islamic invader Mahmud of Ghazni plundered this temple in 1025 AD and destroyed it. Recently in 1947, Sardar Vallabhai Patel took a great initiative to restore the temple and we see the present temple which was rebuilt by him.
This temple is built is Solanki style. The temple has a shikhara which is 15 meters tall and has a flag pole which is 8.2 meter in height. The Kalash on the top weighs about 10 tonnes. There is also a sabha mandap, nritya mandap and sanctum sanctorum in the temple.
All Images Source
Information Source
Please,
Follow me @shirish5
Upvote, resteem and comment
Thank you @shirish5 very beautiful photos and nice post.
if you like more upvote for your posts Just send 0.001 to @morwhale and Get upvote from @morwhale and 50% from @steemorocco and @hdmed at a time
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
This post recieved an upvote from minnowpond. If you would like to recieve upvotes from minnowpond on all your posts, simply FOLLOW @minnowpond
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by shirish5 from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews/crimsonclad, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows and creating a social network. Please find us in the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
@shirish5 got you a $8.0 @minnowbooster upgoat, nice! (Image: pixabay.com)
Want a boost? Click here to read more!
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit