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{{Short description|Ancient Hindu temple in Mumbai (India)}} | |||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The temple and the attached fresh water [[Banganga Tank]] were built in 1127 AD by ''[[Lakshman Prabhu]]'', a [[ | The temple and the attached fresh water [[Banganga Tank]] were built in 1127 AD by ''[[Lakshman Prabhu]]'', a [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] minister<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shamrao Moroji Nayak|first=|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorypattana00morogoog|title=A History of the Pattana Prabhus|date=1877|publisher=Family printing press , Fanaswadi|others=Oxford University|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mule|first=S.M.|title=Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu - Wikipedia {{!}} S.Muley,M.A.,PhD (1972). Studies in the Historical and cultural geography and ethnography of the Deccan. Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, University of Poona. pp. 301, 303, 304. " pg 301: (section)Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu...From our epigraphical evidences, many Prabhus seem to have held high posts in the Silahara kingdom, and controlled the civil and military administration. The Chaul inscription of AD.1088 mentions Veliga Prabhu. Ananta Prabhu and Lakshamana Prabhu appear in a number of records. The former was a MahaPradhana, Kosadhikari, MahasandhiVigrahika and the latter was a MahaPradhana and Mahadandanayaka. Table on Pg 303,304: minister: pradhana, head of treasury: kosadhikari, foreign department charge: Mahasandhivigrahika, head of military: MahaDandanayaka|url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandraseniya_Kayastha_Prabhu#cite_ref-37|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-01|website=en.m.wikipedia.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mulay|first=Sumati|date=1954|title=Studies in the historical and cultural geography and ethnography of the Deccan|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/241323|journal=University|language=English}}</ref> in the court of [[Silhara dynasty]] Kings who ruled [[Thane]], and the islands of Mumbai during 810 to 1240 AD. The temple was destroyed by the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] during their reign over Mumbai in the 16th century. It was rebuilt due to the generosity of Mumbai businessman and philanthropist, [[Rama Kamat]], a [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin]] (known in British records as 'Kamati') in 1715. The main temple has been substantially reconstructed and many smaller temples have come up around the [[Banganga Tank]]. By 1860, the temple started attracting greater crowds and 10 to 20 other temples had come up around it and 50 dharamshalas.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho0000960s1u00004000.html Malabar Hill - Image, 1850]</ref> | ||
Even today the temple itself and much of the property in the complex belongs to the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Temple Trust. | Even today the temple itself and much of the property in the complex belongs to the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Temple Trust. | ||