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The
Rudra Mahalaya Temple
is an ancient temple complex at
Siddhpur
in the
Patan district
of
Gujarat
, India. The temple was completed in 1140 by
Jayasimha Siddharaja
, but in 1296,
Alauddin Khalji
sent an army under
Ulugh Khan
and
Nusrat Khan
, who dismantled the structure. In 1414 or 1415, the temple was further destroyed and the western part was converted into a congregational mosque by Muslim ruler
Ahmad Shah I
of the
Muzaffarid
dynasty. Apart from the mosque, the surviving fragments consist of two porches, a
torana
(ornamental gateway) and a few pillars.
Photograph credit:
Bourne & Shepherd
; retouched by
Yann Forget
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