Talk:Rudra Mahalaya Temple

	Rudra Mahalaya Temple was one of the Art and architecture good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result June 22, 2016 Good article nominee Listed January 24, 2022 Good article reassessment Delisted
	A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 26, 2025. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Rudra Mahalaya Temple, Sidhpur is an ancient ruined temple complex built to lavish proportions during the 12th century by the Jayasimha Siddharaja of the Solanki dynasty?
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Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 06:10, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Will review. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 06:10, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

General

• No copyvio detected
• No dablinks detected
• External links check out

Lead

• Make sure the lead is just a subset of the main article. Citations are generally not kept in the lead unless you say something controversial, they go into the main article
  • Shifted along with some text

Location

• "king Jayasimha Siddharaja" Mention his dynasty
  • Added
• In view of a large number of ancient temples in Sidhpur it is a highly revered place' I think "it is a highly revered place" should come first
  • You are right. Done now

History

• Chaulukyas (950-1303/04) Endash
  • I hope I have used the correct symbol
    • Um, no. I fixed it.

Architecture

• Its overall dimension was "dimensions were"
  • Done

Images

• Seem to be too many here, especially the one to the left.
  • Img on the left removed

• Thanks for the review. I have addressed all issues. Pl see.Nvvchar. 03:03, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good job! Promoted. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 03:49, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks.Nvvchar. 04:04, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The Rudra Mahalaya Temple is an ancient temple complex at Siddhpur in the Patan district of Gujarat, India. The temple was completed in 1140 by Jayasimha Siddharaja, but in 1296, Alauddin Khalji sent an army under Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan, who dismantled the structure. In 1414 or 1415, the temple was further destroyed and the western part was converted into a congregational mosque by Muslim ruler Ahmad Shah I of the Muzaffarid dynasty. Apart from the mosque, the surviving fragments consist of two porches, a torana (ornamental gateway) and a few pillars. Photograph credit: Bourne & Shepherd; retouched by Yann Forget Recently featured: Cynthia Woodhead Javan slow loris Ratna Moetoe Manikam Archive More featured pictures

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• Patel, Alka (2004). "Architectural Histories Entwined: The Rudra-Mahalaya/Congregational Mosque of Siddhpur, Gujarat". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 63 (2): 144–163. doi:10.2307/4127950. JSTOR 4127950. should have been used extensively.

• Scholars studying the Rudra Mahalaya have been mostly intrigued by the partial destruction and reuse. The events, the motivations etc. We had nothing on that.

• I have added a single line.

• The dimensions and all architectural details are disputed (see Patel.)

• Removed. TrangaBellam (talk) 10:13, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Hemantha: - Are you in the process of rewriting this article? Best wishes, TrangaBellam (talk) 10:45, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, I just reworded that section as it seemed to be based on low quality sources. Sorry if I stepped on any toes and for not checking the talk page. Feel free to revert. Hemantha (talk) 10:50, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nah - it is all good. TrangaBellam (talk) 11:00, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Rudra Mahalaya Temple/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.