| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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both the sides, sand had accumulated round the temple. Its seawall was broken. Lord Curzon
bad named it an ancient monument; he had got the western wall repaired, and under his
order was raised a compound-wall as well. On the north side were a few huts of
scavengers. The area to the east was full of
recently built houses-most of them found later to have been built on the plinth of the
temples. Only the old temple of Ganapati stood intact though the idol was recent.
Centuries of vandalism had left nothing but traces of this great temple to testify to its
ancient grandeur. |
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