Kanhad Dev Songara
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Kanhad Dev Songara was a Rajput chief who ruled Jalore, in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, in the 13th century CE. He belonged to the Songara sept of the Chauhan clan of Rajputs.
In 1299, Ala ud din Khilji's mongol general Ulugh Khan sacked the temple at Somnath and broke the Shiva lingam that had been worshipped there. He was carrying the broken pieces back to Delhi when he was attacked and defeated by Kanhad Dev Songara's armies. Kanhad Dev's son Biramdeo and trusted general Jaitra Deora were in charge of his army. The broken pieces of the Shiva lingam were recovered. Kanhad had them washed in water from the Ganges river, which was regarded as sacred, and then placed within various Shiva temples in and around Jalore.
