| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND |
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accretions to suit the environments of a Mosque comprised: (a) insertion of arches with fleur-de-lis pattern between the pillars of the nave in the mandapa; (b) blocking the back of the garbhagriha by sweeping down the western portion of the pradakshina marga; (c) erecting Minarets over the main entrance (d) raising the level of the mandapa floor by an addition of about one loot thick layer of roughly-hewn blocks of stones which entirely concealed the Hindu features at the garbhagriha door-step; |
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