The radio in lord in Somnath temple has a religious quality which is to maintain the balance of the earth. This temple is situated on the beautiful coast of Gujarat. The weight of the veil of the square somnath is 10 tan and height of the temple flag is 27 feet. Here is the confluence of three rivers, Hiran Kapila and Saraswati. This temple is the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas.
Names of 12 Jyotirlingas
somnath-gujrat
Mallikarjuna-Andhra Pradesh
Mahakaleshwar-Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
Omkareshwar-North India
Kedarnath-Uttarakhand
Bhim Shankar-Dakini Maharashtra
Vishwanath-Kashi uttar pardesh
Trimbakeshwar-Nashik Maharashtra
Vedanath-Jharkhand
Nageshwar-Baroda Gujarat
Rameshwar-Tamil Nadu
- This temple is mentioned in Rigveda, Skanda Purana and Mahabharata. In ancient times, the temple of Somnath gateway used to float in the air due to the magnetic power of Shivalinga.
- The History is witness to this. Moreover, invaders demolished this temple 17 times. The temple of Somnath standing on the western coast of India was first made of gold by Chandradev. Ravana made it of silver and Krishna made it wood and after that King Bhimdev built this wooden temple.
- Lord Shiva had promised that as long as the universe exists, no one can destroy this temple.
Now let us know when and who broke this temple.
- This temple was demolished 17 times and rebuilt 17 times.
- It was first built by Sind governor Al Junaid in 725 AD
- This temple was robbed and burnt by Mahmud Ghazni in 1025 AD.
- Alauddin Khilji broke it again in 1298 AD.
- In 1469 AD, Sultan Mahmud Beghra completely demolished this temple.
- Aurangzeb also tried to destroy in 1706 AD. Aurangzeb issued an order, Whoever lights a lamp in this temple will be destroyed. Then Ahilyabai built a small secret temple at some distance and worshiped and worshiped Mahadev.
- After that in 1842 the British East Company broke
- People built this temple after they demonlished the old one. After independence in 1947, Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. Rajendra Prasad built this temple in 1950.
Let us now know how Moon God Somnath became?
- The appearance of the moon was very beautiful and shining like silver. Once prajapati saw the moon and he decided that he would marry his daughters. The king married his permanent daughter to Chandradev.
- After marriage, chandardev became more attracted toward rohini, one of the daughter of the king. Didn’t ask the remaining 26 daughtersa nd she was very angry with Chandra Dev.
- He told this to his father.
- Days passed and Chandra Dev ji’s body slowly started decaying. So the king cursed the Moon God, saying, “You are very proud of your looks, so I will take your beauty away.”
- All the gods became worried. All those gods went to Chandra Dev and said that you should worship Lord Shiva.
- After that Chandra Dev did penance for Mahadev on the western beautiful coast for 4000 years. Seeing the devotion of Moon God, Mahadev appeared.
- Pleased with the devotion of Chandra dev, mahadev gave him a place on her head. It was chandra dev who built the golden somnath temple.
Har Har Mahadev
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