ATTACK ON SOMNATH TEMPLE

Moghul attacks on somnath temple at Gujarat

Muslim invaders and rulers destroyed over 10,000 Hindu temples over the 
centuries. Perhaps none was destroyed as many times, and rebuilt as many 
times, as Somnath. The destruction of Somnath by Mahmud Ghazni is well 
known. Here is a list of the lesser known destructions of Somnath. Each 
time, the temple was rebuilt by Hindus, often accompanied by great loss to 
Hindu life. Somnath is the symbol of Hindu defiance and resilience in the 
face of barbaric assault that would have (and did) bury most other 
civilizations. 

1. The first temple of Somnath is said to have existed before the beginning 
of the Common Era. 

2. The second temple, built by the Maitraka kings of Vallabhi in Gujarat, 
replaced the first one on the same site around 649AD. In 725AD Junayad, the 
Arab governor of Sind, sent his armies to destroy the second temple. This 
was destruction No. 1. 

3. The Pratihara king Nagabhata II constructed the third temple in 815AD, a 
large structure of red sandstone. In 1024AD, Mahmud Ghazni raided the temple 
from across the Thar Desert. During his campaign, Mahmud was challenged by 
Ghogha Rana, who at the ripe age of 90, sacrificed his own clan fighting 
against this Islamic warrior. The temple and citadel were ransacked, and 
more than 50,000 defenders were massacred. Mahmud personally hammered the 
temple's gilded lingam to pieces and the stone fragments were carted back to 
Ghazni, where they were incorporated into the steps of the city's new Jamiah 
Masjid (Friday mosque). This was destruction No. 2. 

4. The fourth temple was built by the Paramara King Bhoj of Malwa and the 
Solanki king Bhima of Gujarat (Anhilwara) or Patan between 1026AD and 
1042AD. The wooden structure was replaced by Kumarpal who built the temple 
of stone. 

5. The temple was razed again in 1297AD when the Sultanate of Delhi 
conquered Gujarat, and again in 1395AD, and once more in 1401AD (please see 
quote at end of this article). These were destructions No 3, 4, and 5. 

6. The last destruction of Somnath was by the last Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb 
in 1706AD, just a year before his death. This was destruction No. 6. 

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, then Home Minister & the first Deputy Prime 
Minister of India took a pledge on November 13, 1947 for Somnath's 
reconstruction for the seventh time. A mosque present at that site was 
shifted few miles away. The construction was completed on December 1, 1995 
and the then President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma dedicated it in 
the service of the nation. The present temple was built by the Shri Somnath 
Trust which looks after the Shri Somnath temple complex. 

I end with the description of Muzaffar Khan's destruction of Somnath, taken 
from M. M. Syed's "History of the Delhi sultanate", pp. 184: 

"Next year, in 1395, Muzaffar Khan invaded Somnath, burnt the temple, and 
destroyed the idol. He killed many hindus, and left the place after 
arranging 
for the erection of a mosque. In 1401, news reached him that the hindus were 
trying to restore the temple of somnath, and revive their customary worship. 
Muzaffar immedaitely proceeded thither with an army, and the Hindus, 
defeated 
after a sharp encounter, retired to the fort of the lop. This fort also fell 
after a few days of fighting, and Muzaffar killed the entire garrison, and 
had 
the men trampled under the feet of elephants. He then demolished the temples 
and 
laid the foundations of a mosque." 

From the above history it seems that almost all the muslim king has  attacked

The hindu temples and most of the temple were converted into mosques . But babar majid was demolished by hindu and almost all the political parties  are

Projecting it as a major issue for getting their votes . Actually tombs stone of muslim emperor like ,Kajini ,Ibrahim Lodhi and aurangazeb should be evacuvated from the indian soil and shifted to Afkanistan or any other

Muslim countries

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