Bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- Former Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol on Saturday said that the historic Somnath temple was rebuilt against the approval of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Speaking to the media after a special puja organised on Saturday morning at the Kadumalleshwara temple in Malleswaram to mark 75 years of the historic Somnath temple, Karjol said the Somnath temple is an ancient shrine with a history spanning over a thousand years.
He said the reconstruction work was completed and the temple was re-established and inaugurated in 1951. Today, 140 crore people across the country visit the Somnath temple with devotion and faith and offer prayers, he noted.
Karjol said it is not just the BJP, but Hindus across the country who perform S...