Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Shaurya Yatra in Somnath, offered prayers at the temple, and addressed a public gathering on the event’s final day.
- The procession featured 108 horses from the Gujarat Police Mounted Unit after months of preparation, with large crowds lining the route and cultural performances along the way.
- In his speech, Modi said invaders were reduced to history, claimed the forces that once tried to block Somnath’s rebuilding remain active, and urged unity and vigilance.
- A day earlier, he chaired the Shree Somnath Trust to review infrastructure upgrades aimed at improving the pilgrimage experience, reaffirming his role as Trust chairman since 2021.
- The four-day commemoration included 72 hours of Omkar chanting and a major drone show, and it coincided with 75 years since the temple’s 1951 reconstruction led by Sardar Patel and inaugurated by President Rajendra Prasad.