Sompura Salat

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Sompura Salat are a

Somnath
temple. The term "salat" is derived from Shilavat, the old term for a temple architect.

Culture

Members of this clan took up artistic and masonry works as their occupation.[2] They maintain clan exogamy as a strict rule for marriage.[3][2]

The community is vegetarian in diet and also avoids eating onions, garlic,

Shivaratri and Navaratri are the main festivals for the community.[2]

Occupation

They are specialized in temple masonry works, artistic carvings and sculpting as well as artistic stone shaping works, especially in works of idol-making.

Somnath Temple built after independence of India.[2]

Demography

The community is found throughout Gujarat but largely are concentrated in Saurashtra region.[2] Outside India, their population is found in United Kingdom and United States of America.[2]

Restoration and building of temples

Manasthambha infront of Hutheesing Jain Temple

Prabhashankar Oghadbhai

Somnath Temple,[5]
known as Somnath Maha Meru Prasad, was executed by him.

While their center of activity is in Gujarat and Rajasthan, they now undertake temple architecture in different parts of India, as well as overseas. They follow texts written in the 15th century such as Prasad Manjari, written during the rule of

Jain temples in Gujarat and southern Rajasthan, as well as temples built by Jains in other parts of India.[6]

In 1992, Chandrakant Sompura, grandson of Prabhashankar[7] had designed the Sompura Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar.[8] He was asked by Ashok Singhal, chief of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, to design and build the Ram Janmabhoomi temple.[9] He was the chief architect of Ayodhya Ram Mandir and was assisted by his sons, Ashish and Nikhil.[10]

The world's largest Ram Temple, a proposed replica of Angkor Wat to be built in Champaran, Bihar, is being designed by Piyush Sompura.[11]

C.P. Trivedi and Sons, founded by Chandulal P. Trivedi[12] from the Sompura clan, were responsible for the restoration of the Delwara Jain temples, the Jain temples at Jaisalmer Fort and the Amar Sagar Lake. They also designed the Kirti Stumbh at Hutheesing Wadi in Ahmedabad, Oswal Jain Temple in Nairobi, Kenya, Jain Center, Leicester, UK,[13] Atma Vallabh Smarak, Delhi, and the Global Vipassana Pagoda at Gorai in northwest Mumbai.

Virendra Trivedi, nephew of Chandulal Trivedi,

Akshardham temple in New Delhi.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ Folk Icons and Rituals in Tribal Life, Pramod Kumar, Abhinav Publications, 1984, p. 5-12
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  4. ^ Kshirarnava, Prabhashankar Oghadbhai Sompura, 1967
  5. ^ Prasad Manjari, Prabhashankar Oghadbhai Sompura, 1965
  6. ^ P.A (2004-03-04). "A SHRINE turning into a work of ART". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2004-04-04. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  7. ^ "कैसा होगा प्रस्तावित मंदिर? | BBC Hindi". www.bbc.co.uk. 2002. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  8. ^ "Akshardham architect sends up a prayer". www.indianexpress.com. 2002. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  9. ^ "'No one says Jai Shri Ram to me anymore' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2007-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  10. ^ "Ayodhya Ram Mandir: Facts And Details You Must Know". Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  11. ^ चंपारण में बनेगा विश्व का सबसे वृहद राम मंदिर, https://www.prabhasakshi.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ArticleId=120621-170449-100000, June 21, 2012
  12. ^ Lives of Indian Images, Richard H. Davis, p. xii, Princeton University Press, 1999
  13. ^ Jain Samaj Leicester, Our History "Jain Samaj Leicester - About | Our History". Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
  14. ^ "Hindu Temple Architecture Design Project | Arc". templearchitectvkt.com. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  15. ^ "A Day At A Theme Park Temple". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  16. ^ "Hindu Temple Architecture Design Project | Arc". templearchitectvkt.com. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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