Shobha Somnath Ki is an Indian historical television drama series on Zee TV based on Acharya Chatursen's 1954 Hindi novel Somnath Mahalay. It tells the story of a fictional young female called Shobha amid the infamous raids in western India by Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghazni in the early 11th century. The show replaced another historical dramaJhansi Ki Rani on Zee TV. Initially, the drama was produced by Contiloe Entertainment. However, due to Veer Shivaji on Colors TV and Mahabharat on Star Plus, Contiloe Telefilms handed over the reins to Swastik Pictures. The show was shown every day for some months, and was changed to being broadcast bi-weekly due to decreased popularity. Another show Hitler Didi replaced the time slot when Shobha Somnath Ki was shown. On 12 November 2011, the broadcast time was changed to weekends only. It aired its last episode on 26 February 2012.
In the book, Shobhna was a Balvidhva, Brahmin girl; her father Krishna Swami was one of the "adhikari" in the famous Somnath temple. Chaula was chief dancer Ganga's daughter, later revealed to be Dadda Chalukya's daughter. Later on Shabhna lives with Chaula as her close friend. The drama shows Shobha as the daughter of Kirit Chalukya and eventually a princess of Bharuch. As per the book, Dadda Chalukya used to believe a lot on Rudrabhadra: he got a son, due to his blessings. Dadda Chalukya got Bharucha's kingdom due to Rudrabhadra's blessings, he gave his first daughter Chaula to Goddess Tripursundari on Rudrabhadra's advice, but Gang Sarvagya interfered and she was given to God Somnath. As a result, Rudrabhadra was very angry. In the drama – Dadda Chalukya and Rudrabhadra are shown as great rivals and Rudhrabhadra one of the main parallel antagonist to Ghaznavi. Moreover, Gayathri Devi was the person who got blessings to get a baby. A "girl" was born not a boy and the girl is Chaula. Rudhrabhadra got a promise from Gayathri that at the age of 16 she must be given to Goddess Tripurasundari but she refused to do so later on when Chaula reached the age of 16. Bhimdev, the son of Samrat Vallabhdev married to Udaymati, a princess of Saurastra Narvahan Khengar. He had also married to Bauladevi who was not a princess. Bhimdev had a son named Karandev from Udaymati and sons named Chemraj and Mulraj from Bauladev I. Mulraj died in very early age. In the series Chaula is indeed shown as a princess, but Bhimdev does not have any other wives.
