Mahmud Ghazni plundered India for 24 years, sacking temples like Somnath. His empire crumbled after his death, ending in flames. It was poetic justice for his brutal raids.

Referring to the Somnath Swabhiman Parv inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 11, Shah noted that the event marked 1,000 years since Mahmud of Ghazni’s invasion of the temple in 1026.