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Somnath temple

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Broken parts of Somnath Shivling preserved by Agnihotri Brahmins for hundreds of years to be consecrated by Sri Sri Ravishankar

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2025

Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be performing the consecration of the fragmants of the Somnath Jyotirling. The broken pieces of the Jyotirlinga were being preserved by generations of Agnihotri Brahmins since its destruction. The pieces are still very active and behave like magnets as demonstrated by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

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Ayodhya priest says ‘incomplete Ram Mandir’ remarks are misleading, cites Pran Pratishtha at Somnath Temple when it was under construction

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2024

Rejecting the claims, he explained by giving the example of Pran Pratishtha at the Somnath Mandir adding that when the consecration ceremony was performed, the temple was not complete and it was under construction.

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Former Pakistan FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who dreamed of ‘destroying Somnath temple’, manhandled and insulted by police after re-arrest outside jail

OpIndia Staff - 27 December, 2023

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was re-arrested on 9th May in a GHQ protest case

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‘The Battle Story of Somnath’: Film on Islamist tyrant Mahmud Ghazni’s invasion of Somnath Temple announced

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2023

The Battle Story of Somnath is a multilingual project which will be released in twelve major Indian languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi.

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Somnath and Ambaji Temple Trusts deposit 200 kg of gold under GMS, raise crores for charitable work: What is the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS)

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2023

The gold monetisation scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15, 2015. This scheme has been designed to turn physical gold into a productive asset in India.

Opinions

Why Congress reduced the divine Sengol to a mere walking stick of Nehru: Chola Dynasty, the apotheosis of Congress, Somnath Temple and whitewashing of...

Nupur J Sharma - 25 May, 2023

A historic tradition will be revived, when the historic Tamil sceptre, ‘Sengol’, will be placed in the new parliament.

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Did you know: Mahmud Ghazni had the Islamic ‘Kalma’ inscribed on the Shivling of Neelkanth Mahadev Temple in Gorakhpur

Shraddha Pandey - 19 February, 2023

Unable to destroy the Shivling at Neelkatnth Shiv temple in Gorakhpur, an enraged Mahmud of Ghazni got the Islamic Kalma inscribed on it

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Maulana Sajid Rashidi who claimed Mahmud Ghazni attacked Somnath Temple only to stop illegal activities, now says he learned it from Romila Thapar

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2023

It is notable that the controversial Maulana had recently sparked outrage after claiming that Mahmud of Ghazni had not destroyed the Somnath Temple rather he was informed that ‘wrong activities’ were taking place in the temple in the name of faith and deities and young girls were abducted.

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As Gujarat Congress says Allah sits in Somnath and Mahadev sits in Ajmer, here is a look back at the Hindu persecution at both...

Pallav - 27 November, 2022

On Sunday, Indranil Rajguru, Congress leader from Rajkot, created a stir by claiming that Allah and Mahadev are the same and Allah resides in Somnath while Mahadev resides in Ajmer dargah.

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