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romance ran backwards. Aurangzeb, the fanatic, was the last ruler in whose reign this
temple saw the worship of Somanatha. In 1706 it was converted in to a mosque. In the same
year the Marathas entered Saurashtra.
Mirat-i-Ahmadi
(1760)� attests to this conversion, but when the author wrote his chronicle it had
gone out of use. Was it too old for use? Was it superstition? For in 1922 1 found a belief
among the Muslims of the town that no one could use the stones of this temple and escape
misfortune.
Author : Shri Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
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