PM Modi, accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, and Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi, also attended the drone show which was organised as part of the Somnath Swabhiman Parv.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attended the Somnath Swabhiman Parv at the Somnath Temple in Gujarat. Modi offered prayers at the temple and participated in the Omkar Mantra chanting ritual being held as part of the event, which is being organised from January 8-11 to mark 1,000 years of faith and history.
PM Modi, accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, and Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi, also attended the drone show which was organised as part of the Somnath Swabhiman Parv.
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The Prime Minister Somnath also chaired a meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust. “We reviewed various aspects relating to infrastructure upgradations in the temple complex and ways to make the pilgrimage to Somnath even more memorable,” he said in a post on X.
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The Somanth Swabhiman Parv is a four-day programme marking 1,000 years since the first attack on the Somnath temple.
The event commemorates the temple’s destruction in January 1026 by Mahmud of Ghazni and its repeated rebuilding over centuries.
The Prime Minister is on a three-day visit to Gujarat to attend the Somnath event.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister will take part in the Shaurya Yatra organised to honour those who laid down their lives defending the Somnath Temple.
As Somnath Swabhiman Parv begins, PM Narendra Modi looks back at the temple’s long journey
He will perform puja in the Somnath Temple and also participate in a public function marking Somnath Swabhiman Parv.
India’s faith can never be defeated: Gujarat CM
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that the Somnath Temple reminds everyone that India’s faith can never be defeated.
He further stated that there is a remarkable zeal and devotion among the people to celebrate the Somnath Swabhiman Parv.
“Under Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s leadership, the nation stands united in remembering a thousand years of unbroken faith—while witnessing remarkable zeal and devotion among the people to celebrate #SomnathSwabhimanParv,” he wrote on X.
Modi arrives in Somnath to a rousing welcome
Earlier in the day, Modi arrived in Somnath to a rousing welcome. People lined up on both sides of the road and chanted slogans as Modi held a roadshow in the city.
“Feeling blessed to be in Somnath, a proud symbol of our civilisational courage,” the PM said, adding that he was “grateful to the people for the warm welcome.”
Modi’s visit to Somnath comes during the Somnath Swabhiman Parv being observed to mark a thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026.
The temple was attacked by Mahmud of Ghazni. However, it was rebuilt in 1951 under the leadership of former Home Minister and Congress leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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