| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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A GREAT RESTORER RISES |
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the Gaekwads were permitted to repair Ahalya Bai's temple only after protracted
negotiations with the Nawabs of Junagadh through the intercession of the Political Agent
in Kathiawar. In December 1922, accompanied by a
young man, I went to see the shrine before the dawn broke. At that time, I was passing
through an emotional crisis and my imagination was aflame with the past glories of
Gujarat. We walked for some time on the sea-shore looking with subdued awe at the majestic
ruins of the great temple silhouetted against the starry sky. I remembered our poet
Nanalal's verse about Saurashtra where "the sea lashes against its pearly
shores". The dawn broke; the aged hoary ruins of this once magnificent temple stood
before me. |
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