Veteran BJP leader LK Advani, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat-based scholar JD Parmar, and businessman Harshvardhan Neotia are the trustees of the Shree Somnath Trust.
Mukesh Ambani and son Akash Ambani on Saturday visited the Somnath Mahadev temple in Gujarat on the occasion of Mahashivratri.
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Apart from reviewing the progress of ongoing development works being carried out by the trust, the PM and other trustees gave approval to an ambitious project of covering the 'shikhara' or the spire of the temple in Gir Somnath district in gold.
Speaking after virtually inaugurating a newly-built circuit house near the famous Somnath temple in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat, he said that earlier there used to be hesitation in talking about our religious and cultural heritage.
The Prime Minister said that the initiatives like Incredible India and Dekho Apna Desh are opening up endless possibilities in the tourism sector.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that destructive forces and people who follow the ideology of creating empires through terror can dominate for some time, but their existence is not permanent as they cannot suppress humanity forever. He was speaking while virtually inaugurating a few projects of the famous Somnath temple in Gujarat.
PM Narendra Modi today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects in Gujarat's Somnath via video conferencing. The projects inaugurated included the Somnath Promenade, Somnath Exhibition Centre, and the reconstructed temple precinct of Old (Juna) Somnath.
PM Narendra Modi today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects in Gujarat's Somnath via video conferencing.
In view of a surge in the COVID-19 infections, the Somnath Temple trust has announced that the temple will remain shut for devotees from April 11 for an indefinite period.
The Somnath Temple trust in Gujarat is undertaking the gold plating of over 1400 'kalash' at the temple. The work to turn the entire spires golden is expected to be accomplished by 2021 end.
The post of the Somnath Trust's chairman fell vacant after the death of Keshubhai Patel in October last year. Patel had served as the chairman for 16 years (2004-2020).
PM Modi on Monday appointed the president of Somnath Mandir Trust. Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister is also a member of the trust.
The Somnath Temple trust in Gujarat is undertaking the gold plating of over 1,451 kalash at the temple.
Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma said the temple would remain open as "aarti (prayers) being performed since many years cannot be stopped".
Shah, who's a trustee of Shree Somnath Trust, made the remarks after laying the foundation stone for a tourist walkway along the nearby coast.
Aaj ka Viral: Gujarat's Somnath temple to get golden makeover
PM Modi's closest confidant Amit Shah's temple visit comes days after a row erupted over Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's visit to the same temple in Gujarat, wherein his name was allegedly listed as a non-Hindu visitor in the visitor-book.
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