00:00A building was destroyed 17 times in 1000 years, each time it was reduced to dust, and each time it stood again.
00:06There is no building like it in the world, no fort, no palace, just a temple.
00:13Somnath is there, and even today he stands before the same waves of the Arabian Sea.
00:29With every rebuilding, and with the one man who rebuilt it in independent India, is Somnath,
00:37In Viraval, Gujarat, on the Saurashtra plateau, there is a place called Prabhas Patan, where three rivers meet, Kapila and Hiran.
00:45and Saraswati, it is called
00:59Somnath, means Som Kanath, i.e. Lord of the Moon, and there is a story behind it, according to the Puranas, Chandradev was worshipped as a
01:08He was cursed and his vision started diminishing, so he bathed in the Saraswati River here, at this very Triveni Sangam, and
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01:16He worshipped Lord Shiva and Shiva freed him from the curse, hence the name of this place.
01:23Somnath, the first temple is said to be about 2000 years old, the second by King Maitra of Vallabhi in 649 AD
01:32The temple was built in 815 AD.
01:46There was a huge gold bell, whose weight is said to be 40 maunds, which means that it is not just a centre of faith.
01:53It was the most magnificent temple of that time, and this became his biggest problem, the first big
02:01Attack by Mahmud of Ghazni, 1025, Afghanistan
02:16On 11 October 1025, he left Ghazni, via Multan, crossing the desert, near Jaisalmer.
02:23Passing through, he reached Saurashtra, 7 January 1026, a date recorded in Indian history, when Mahmud captured the fort.
02:31attacked, Brahman and devotee
02:45The Jyotirlinga was broken, the temple was burnt, and Mahmud went away with the title of Buchshikan, the idol breaker.
02:54But the story did not end here, in just 12 years, King Bhimdev of Gujarat rebuilt the temple, in 1150.
03:02in the Christian era
03:03The Chalu king Kumarapala not only rebuilt the temple but also the entire city, to the north and south of the temple.
03:10Strong fort walls were built, golden urns were placed on the peak, Somnath was standing again, the series of attacks started again.
03:19As a result, a series of attacks
03:20Lamba Silsila, 1299, Uluk Khan of Alauddin Khilji, Khilji's army defeats Vaghela Rajakarna and plunders Somnath temple
03:30It was broken and the Shivalinga was taken to Delhi to be placed on the steps of the mosque, but then the Chudasama king
03:48Tried to build a mosque, but the people rebelled, worship did not stop, 1451 Mahmud Begada, Mahmud of the Gujarat Sultanate
03:58Begada attacked and plundered again, and then in 1706, the biggest attack was against Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor.
04:07Aurangzeb
04:18Ahilyabai Holkar, A Woman of Courage, 783, The magnificent temple of Somnath had become a ruin, then the Maratha queen of Indore,
04:28Ahilyabai Holkar came and built a small temple near the main temple so that the worship could continue without interruption.
04:37Even today it exists, by the name of Old Somnath. Ahilyabai not only built Somnath, but also Kashi Vishwanath, Gaya, Dwarka and many temples.
04:46He rebuilt the image of a woman who kept alive the faith of all India, the doors of the British and sandalwood.
05:05And he announced that these were the same sandalwood doors of Somnad that Mahmud Ghazni had looted 800 years ago.
05:12It caused a stir throughout India, but when investigations were conducted, it was found that the doors were made of cedar wood.
05:19He had no connection with Somnad.
05:22This was a political stunt by the British to incite Hindu sentiments, but it proved one thing, Somnad
05:30His name was so big that the powers that be wanted to use it, Sardar Patel and Independent India, 13 November 1947,
05:40The country became independent
05:43The Nawab of Junagadh, where Somnad is located, had declared allegiance to Pakistan, India's Deputy Prime Minister Sardar
05:50Vallabhbhai Patel reached Junagadh, Janmat Sangrah was held, the people chose India, and Patel made the same announcement, Somnad.
05:58It will be rebuilt, he said, using public money, not government funds, but donations from villages.
06:06Kanheylal Maniklal Mushi, the then Cabinet Minister, became the architect of this entire work, and on 11 May 1951, India
06:15First National Doctor
06:20Prasad had said, the power of reconstruction is always greater than the power of destruction, in 1961 the temple
06:27Completed construction, it was dedicated to the nation in 1995, today's Somanath, the temple that stands today, is
06:35Built in the Maru Gurjar style, the temple
06:49It is written on it, Asamudrant Dakshin Dhruf Pariyant Abadhrit Jo Tirmarg, meaning from this point straight to Antarak Tika in the south.
06:58No land, just open sea, Somnahat, literally standing on the edge of the world, 1000 years, 17 attacks
07:07Countless things were looted, but Somnaat was not destroyed, because Somnaat is not just a stone, Somnaat is faith, and faith was broken.
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07:26Which other history of India do you want to know, Jai Somnath
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