Category:Sejakpur, Gujarat
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Sejakpur, also spelled Sejakpar, is a small remote village near a seasonal Bhogava river in Surendranagar district. The village is named after king Sejakji, who moved to this pilgrimage site with many temples in 13th century.
On the northwestern side of the village is an ornate, exquisitely carved Hindu temple ruins called Navalakha temple – sometimes referred to as the Naulakho mandir, Navlakho Deval. It is made from orangish red sandstone, and one of the best illustrations of exceptionally detailed Hindu artwork in Kathiawad region of Gujarat. The temple is from c. 11th century, and is an ASI protected national monument of India.
The village has several mounds and ruins of destroyed temples have been discovered in the farms (For survey reports and plates of temple ruins in Sejakpur, see e.g. Henry Cousens, Somanatha and other medieval temples in Kathiawad, pp. 57–59)
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