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'''Shamlaji''', also spelled '''Shamalaji''', is a major Hindu pilgrimage centre in [[Aravalli district]] of [[Gujarat]] state of [[India]]. The Shamlaji temple is dedicated to [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Shamlaji Temple {{!}} Shree Shamlaji Vishnu Mandir Trust|url=https://www.shreeshamlajivishnutemple.org/about_temple.html|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.shreeshamlajivishnutemple.org}}</ref> Several other [[Hindu temple]]s are located nearby. | '''Shamlaji''', also spelled '''Shamalaji''', is a major Hindu pilgrimage centre in [[Aravalli district]] of [[Gujarat]] state of [[India]]. The Shamlaji temple is dedicated to [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Shamlaji Temple {{!}} Shree Shamlaji Vishnu Mandir Trust|url=https://www.shreeshamlajivishnutemple.org/about_temple.html|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.shreeshamlajivishnutemple.org}}</ref> Several other [[Hindu temple]]s are located nearby. | ||
The present temple dedicated to Shamlaji, a form of [[Vishnu]] was perhaps started in the 11th century in [[Māru-Gurjara architecture|Chaulukya style]],<ref name="Gujarat Tourism2"/>{{sfn | ''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha'' | 2015 |page=440-442}} but the present structure dates from the 15th-16th centuries. The sculpture of Vishnu in the sanctuary is probably 7th-8th century, and the small temple opposite houses a 6th-century sculpture of Shiva.<ref name="Michell, 307">Michell, 307</ref> The oldest intact temple is the small 9th-century Harishchandrani Chauri Temple, with a gateway nearby.<ref name="Michell, 307"/> Several ruins of temples, scattered idols and old brick-works surrounding the place establishes antiquity of the place.<ref name="Gujarat Tourism1">{{cite web | title=Around Shamlaji, Shamlaji Temple, North Gujarat, Tourism Hubs, Gujarat, India | website=Gujarat Tourism | url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/70 | accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref | The present temple dedicated to Shamlaji, a form of [[Vishnu]] was perhaps started in the 11th century in [[Māru-Gurjara architecture|Chaulukya style]],<ref name="Gujarat Tourism2"/>{{sfn | ''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha'' | 2015 |page=440-442}} but the present structure dates from the 15th-16th centuries. The sculpture of Vishnu in the sanctuary is probably 7th-8th century, and the small temple opposite houses a 6th-century sculpture of Shiva.<ref name="Michell, 307">Michell, 307</ref> The oldest intact temple is the small 9th-century Harishchandrani Chauri Temple, with a gateway nearby.<ref name="Michell, 307"/> Several ruins of temples, scattered idols and old brick-works surrounding the place establishes antiquity of the place.<ref name="Michell, 307"/><ref name="Gujarat Tourism1">{{cite web | title=Around Shamlaji, Shamlaji Temple, North Gujarat, Tourism Hubs, Gujarat, India | website=Gujarat Tourism | url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/10/70 | accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref> | ||
A 4th-century [[Buddhist]] monastery and [[stupa]] at [[Devnimori]] is about 2 kilometres away, but is now under by the waters of the Meshvo Reservoir.<ref>Michell, 307-308</ref> This site dates to the [[Mauryan]] period, and a much older [[microlith]] site known as Dhek-Vadlo locally was found near Shamlaji.<ref name="Malik 1966 p=162">{{cite journal | last=Malik | first=S. C. | title=The Late Stone Age Industries from Excavated Sites in Gujarat, India | journal=Artibus Asiae | volume=28 | issue=2/3 | pages=162–174 | year=1966 | doi=10.2307/3249352 | jstor=3249352 }}</ref> | A 4th-century [[Buddhist]] monastery and [[stupa]] at [[Devnimori]] is about 2 kilometres away, but is now under by the waters of the Meshvo Reservoir.<ref>Michell, 307-308</ref> This site dates to the [[Mauryan]] period, and a much older [[microlith]] site known as Dhek-Vadlo locally was found near Shamlaji.<ref name="Malik 1966 p=162">{{cite journal | last=Malik | first=S. C. | title=The Late Stone Age Industries from Excavated Sites in Gujarat, India | journal=Artibus Asiae | volume=28 | issue=2/3 | pages=162–174 | year=1966 | doi=10.2307/3249352 | jstor=3249352 }}</ref> | ||