Jain Journal 1968 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 43

APRIL, 1968
The most important edifice built by him was the Rudramahalaya temple at Siddhapura (Sidhpur) which is said to be one of the largest of its kind ever built in India He is, however, remembered now for the Sahasralinga lake which was surrounded by 1008 small shrines each containing a Siva-linga, he also established several students' hostels and a victory pillar (kırtı-stambha) raised its head proudly in front of the magnificent lake The Sarasvati-purāna states.
na siddheśa samo rājā na saras tādṛsam kyacit samam sahasralingena tirtham anyān na vidyate
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There is no king equal to Siddhesa, and no lake like that (excavated by him) and nowhere is there a tirtha as holy as Sahasralinga
From literary evidence it appears that Kumarapala built many temples, particularly Jaina temples, but none of them has survived the ravages of time and man