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Rudra Mahalaya Temple

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  1. 1. ↑According to one legend, two Parmars from Malwa, named Govinddas and Madhavdas, took up their haunt among the rush grass that covered the neighbourhood of the Rudra Mahalaya, and lived by plunder. There they found the foundations of a temple and Shiva linga, and said that in the night they had seen heavenly beings. This was told to Siddharaj and led to the erection or completion of the temple.1

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  2. 2. ↑In _Mirat-i-Ahmadi_, Ali Muhammad Khan writes, "The king on signifying his intention of building the temple, requested the astrologers, it is said, to appoint a fortunate hour; and they at this time predicted the destruction of the building." Then Siddha Raja caused images of "horse lords" and other great kings to be placed in the temple, and "near them a representation of himself in the attitude of supplication, with an inscription praying that, even if the land was laid waste, this temple might not be destroyed."1

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  3. 3. ↑The parts were quoted from _Tarikh-e Ahmad Shahi_, a Persian historical poem by Hulvi Shiraz. Shiraz's text does not survive.

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  4. 1. Jump up to: 1Burgess; Murray (1874). "The Rudra Mala at Siddhpur". _Photographs of Architecture and Scenery in Gujarat and Rajputana_. Bourne and Shepherd. p.19. Retrieved 23 July 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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  5. 2. Jump up to: 1Patel, Alka (2004). "Architectural Histories Entwined: The Rudra-Mahalaya/Congregational Mosque of Siddhpur, Gujarat". _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_. **63** (2): 144–163. doi:10.2307/4127950. JSTOR4127950.

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  6. * Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta; Congress, Indian History (1907). _A Comprehensive History of India_. Orient Longmans. ISBN978-81-7304-561-5.

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