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Karṇa was also a Saiva because the worship of Lord Siva is mentioned in one of his land-grants?.
Most of the inscriptions' show that saivism developed in the reign of Kumārapāla also together with Jainism. The Jain facts are mentioned by Hemacandra while Saivism in the reign of Kumārapāla is totally left by him. This again appears to be due to his religious bias.
viii. Architectural omissions : Most of the edifices of the Caulukya kings especially Saiva temples are omitted by Hemacandra. In a few cases, it appears that Hemacandra had prejudice against Saivism so he omitted them. But in most of the cases it appears that he was not interested in describing the monumental acquisitions of the Caulukyas. Some temples and buildings which were made by his patrons viz. Jayasimha and Kumārapāla are described while other buildings made by other kings are omitted. Here is an account of the omissions by Hemacandra.
Mūlarāja constructed a temple called Rudramālā at Siddhapura. This temple was not completed by him. The description of the above temple is extensively given by J. Burgess“. This temple which was begun by Mūlarāja remained incomplete due to invasions and was completed by Siddharāja later on.
Mūlarāja constructed a temple of Müleśvara as noticed
1. E.I. I. p. 3'6-17. 2. E.I. II. p. 424; W.Z.K.M. II). pp. 5-6; A.B.O.R.I. XXIII. 316. 3. Forbes, K.A. Rāsamālā, p. 39. 4. Burgess, J. A.S.W.I. IX. p.11. 5. ibid. p. 59-60.
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