Correct Answer - Option 4 : C
The correct answer is Gujarat.
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Somnath temple is one of the twelve Aadi Jyotirlingas of India.
- It is located at Veraval in Gujarat.
- It is believed to be the first among the Aadi Jyotirlingas in India.
- It is also mentioned in Rigveda.
- It was reconstructed many times in the past due to the repeated destruction by several invaders and rulers.
- The present form of the Somnath temple was reconstructed in the Chaulukya style of Hindu temple architecture during 1951.
- The reconstruction work was started under the orders of then Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel.
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Mahmud Ghazni from Afghanistan invaded and looted the Somnath temple in 1024.
Important temples in India
| State |
Temples |
| Gujarat |
- Dwarkadhish Temple.
- Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple.
- Bala Hanuman Mandir, Jamnagar.
- Galteshwar Temple.
- Navlakha temple.
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| Tamil Nadu |
- Ramanathaswamy Temple.
- Nataraja Temple.
- Meenakshi Temple.
- Ranganathaswamy Temple.
- Brihadeeswara Temple.
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| Rajasthan |
- Karni Temple.
- Salasar Balaji Temple.
- Parshuram Mahadev Temple.
- Ranakpur Jain Temple.
- Dilwara Temples.
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| Uttar Pradesh |
- Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
- Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir.
- Banke Bihari Temple.
- Sarnath Temple.
- Dwarkadheesh Temple Mathura.
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