Queen · restorer · public patron
Ahilyabai Holkar
1725–1795 AD
From her court at Maheshwar, she supported sacred places and public works far beyond the territory she governed.
2 stories
State
Gujarat
11 lives connected here
9 preservation stories are located in this region in this edition. Other associations may be a birthplace, a place of rule or an organisational base.
This is a partial collection. Published profiles do not exhaust the region’s preservation history.
A broad discovery search was run for this state or union territory. Its results are leads, not a completed review of archives, local-language scholarship or every religious tradition.
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Statesman · organiser
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1875–1950 AD
Remembered for political integration, Patel also set the post-independence rebuilding of Somnath in motion.
1 story
Writer · organiser
K. M. Munshi
1887–1971 AD
Helped turn the Somnath rebuilding proposal into a continuing institutional project.
1 story
Ruler · trustee
Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar
1895–1966 AD
Supported the modern Somnath temple and laid its foundation stone in 1950 AD.
1 story
No verified likeness
Chudasama ruler · restorer
Mahipala I
Reigned 1308–1331 AD
A medieval Somnath rebuilding is attributed to this ruler of Saurashtra.
1 story
No verified likeness
Chudasama ruler · patron
Khengara
Active 14th century AD
Associated with installing a linga at the rebuilt Somnath shrine.
1 story
Merchant · legal advocate
Shantidas Jhaveri
1584–1659 AD
Pursued imperial restitution after the conversion of his Jain temple at Ahmedabad.
1 story
No verified likeness
Merchant · restoration patron
Karmashah
Active 16th century AD
Named in the inscription-based history of Shatrunjaya’s sixteenth-century restoration.
1 story
No verified likeness
Jain patron · restorer
Pethada
Active 13th century AD
Associated with repairs at Shatrunjaya in 1278 AD.
1 story
No verified likeness
Jain patron · restorer
Samara Shah
Active 14th century AD
Associated with a Shatrunjaya restoration in 1315 AD.
1 story
No verified likeness
Jain patron · restorer
Tejpal Soni
Active 16th century AD
Named in Shatrunjaya’s inscription-based restoration chronology for 1594 AD.
1 story
Research still to do
Investigate named custodians and communities, inscriptions, institutional records and local scholarship. Separate rebuilding after damage from original construction; record collaborators, contested dates and image provenance.
Hiravijaya Suri
Court negotiations and temple protections need a closer reading of the surviving firmans and scholarly editions.
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