PM chairs meeting of Somnath Temple Trust
Highlight
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Gujarat
- PM presides over meeting of Shree Somnath Trust in his capacity as Chairman of the body
- PM and other trustees gave approval to cover the ‘Shikhar’ of the temple with gold
PM Modi’s Gujarat visitPrime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Gujarat, on Friday chaired a meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust as the chairman of the body that manages the world famous Somnath temple in the state and reviewed the progress. of his ongoing development work. In a meeting held at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar in the evening, the trustees approved the ambitious project to cover the ‘Shikhar’ or the summit of the Somnath temple with gold, an official said.
Modi was appointed the chairman of the trust in January 2021 after the death of former Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel. Other trustees include senior BJP leader LK Advani, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat scholar JD Parmar, former Gujarat bureaucrat PK Lahiri and businessman Harshvardhan Nevatia.
The trustee-secretary said that apart from reviewing the progress of the ongoing development works by the trust, the PM and other trustees approved an ambitious project of gold-covering the shikhara or shikhara of the temple in Gir Somnath district. Laheri after the meeting.
“During the meeting there was a detailed discussion among the trustees regarding some upcoming projects. We have already completed the work of covering the sanctum sanctorum with gold. Like the Ambaji temple (located in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district), the trust has now taken the decision. It has been taken that the Shikhar (Shikhar) of Somnath temple should be completely covered with gold.”
He said the Prime Minister, Shah, Laheri, Parmar and Nevatia were present at the meeting at the Raj Bhavan, while Advani participated in the proceedings through video conferencing.
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