The temple was looted too. Invader Mahmud of Ghazni killed almost 50,000 people to enter the Somnath temple. He looted all the precious things that was adorned in the temple and destroyed the ...

Some outfits argue that the fair is organized in memory of Syed Salar Masood Ghazi (Ghazi Miyan), the general of Mahmud ...

The Neja Mela Committee had sought clearance from the administration, but the request was firmly rejected. Additional ...

Days after the Sambhal district administration denied permission to conduct the annual Neja Mela — a traditional annual fair ...

The most sacred among the 12 jyotirlings in India, Somnath Temple is located in Veraval region of Junagadh district. Somnath means ‘Lord of Moon’ and the town gets its name from the Somnath ...

When the Somnath temple and the Jyotirlinga inside it were destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni, a few Brahmins carried the broken fragments with them to Tamil Nadu and shaped them into smaller Shivlingam.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a pilgrimage to the Somnath temple in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, where he prayed at the sacred Shiva shrine, the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas.