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๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘ณ๐‘ป๐‘จ๐‘ต ๐‘บ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐’€๐‘จ ๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ๐‘น
๐‘จ ๐‘ป๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’‡ ๐‘ฐ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’Ž & ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’– ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” & ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ป๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†

๐ŸšฉMultan was the glorious city which faced early Islamic invasions and Vandalism. Image
๐ŸšฉThe city was famous across the world for its glorious Sun Temple which attracted a huge pilgrimage and had a contribution of 30% to the state's economy. The temple had an Image of Surya Bhagwan made of gold & rubies. It was decorated with precious jewellery.
๐ŸšฉThese are the accounts of a Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang who visited the city in the 7th century. According to him, the temple regularly received tributes from various kings. Post the written accounts of the Chinese traveller, Arabs started invading the region.
๐Ÿšฉ In 712 common era, Mohd. Bin Qasim managed to capture Sindh. According to Al-Beruni , an Arab Historian, the temple was then protected by the Hindus by agreeing to pay huge taxes to the Arabs who in order to humiliate Hindus, had hung a piece of flesh around the Murti.
๐ŸšฉThe temple then survived till 986 CE till the capture of Sindh by Shia sect of Islam, who destroyed the temple as well as the image of the deity. In 1130, again there was a written account by a Moroccan Ibn Idreesi.
๐ŸšฉAccording to him the Sun worship had again started in full swing means after the destruction, our ancestors had somehow struggled & managed to rebuild the temple which housed a wooden image of the deity.
๐ŸšฉAccording to another 13th century account, there were no pilgrimage activities going on but the priests confined themselves to the temple premises, keeping regular services continued to the Deity.
๐ŸšฉJean-Baptiste Travernier, a French traveler in the 16th century, had also confirmed the worship of the wooden image was going on. It's a clear indication of the commitment & struggle by Priests and devotees to protect the deity even in a hostile environment.
๐Ÿšฉ They never abandoned the worship. The temple was finally destroyed after the orders by tyrant Aurangzeb & a mosque was built at the site. The story of the temple building ends there but not in entirety.
๐Ÿšฉ Britishers later excavated the site & found a stone image of Surya Dev, which they have now kept in a museum in London.
๐Ÿšฉ But how the tradition of worship survived even in the era of hostility is the indicator of how bravely our ancestors devoted themselves into protecting the tradition and the temple, no matter at what cost & we have a lot to learn from them.
๐ŸšฉHere are images from the present day site of the temple where its ruins could still be seen alongside the mosque built by Aurangzeb.

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๐ŸšฉShree MahaLakshmi Temple, Mumbai is one of the oldest temples in the city. It is dedicated to Goddess MahaLakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth. It is a seaside Temple along the shores of the Arabian Sea. Image
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