GUARDIANSOF INDIA’S HERITAGE

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Chudasama ruler · patron

Khengara

Active 14th century AD

Associated with installing a linga at the rebuilt Somnath shrine.

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No verified likeness
No verified likeness is used in this edition. The initials are a placeholder, not a portrait.
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A life in context

Gir Somnath’s district history identifies Khengara as Mahipala’s son and places the installation during the period 1331–1351 AD. No precise day or complete biography is established here.

Beyond these sites

  • Continued a Chudasama restoration associated with his father.

Life and context sources: History — Gir Somnath District.

THE WORK OF PRESERVATION

Places, actions & evidence

Between 1331 and 1351 AD · Gujarat

Restoring the linga

Historical account

Khengara is associated with installing the linga following his father’s rebuilding.

Khengara’s role
Installation patron
How it happened
Royal support for ritual re-establishment.
Who helped
Temple ritual specialists and the Chudasama court.
What endured
The account describes renewal of worship, distinct from the building campaign.

What the evidence leaves open. The source provides a range, not an exact installation date.

  1. History — Gir Somnath District ↗
    Khengara installation paragraph. Review notes.

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