Two torans (porches) and four pillars of the former central structure still stand along with the western part of the complex used as a congregational mosque.
An inscription from 986-987 CE mentions in passing that Mularaja, the founder of the Chaulukya dynasty of Gujarat, had offered prayers to Rudra Mahalay.
Colonial sources say that Muladev ordered the construction of a shrine there to atone for his earlier sins,[1] but it is possible that a temple existed at the place even before his reign.
[2] The temple was dismantled during the siege of the city by Ahmad Shah I (1410–44) of Muzaffarid dynasty; parts of it were reused in setting up a new congregational mosque.
[2] Mirat-i-Sikandiri, the earliest extant chronicle in Persian documenting Shah's campaigns, attributes the destruction to religious zealotry[c] — however, Alka Patel cautions that these texts were often biased due to panegyric aims and often contradicted by other evidence.