Overview
- Modi, visiting Somnath on Monday, will perform a Vishesh Maha Puja and lead a first-ever Kumbhabhishek on the temple’s spire to mark 75 years since its 1951 reconsecration.
- Priests will pour sacred water from 11 pilgrimage sites onto the 90-meter shikhar using a hoisted kumbh in a ritual not previously done at Somnath since its reconstruction.
- He will release a commemorative stamp and coin that honor the shrine’s legacy before addressing devotees and invited guests.
- Authorities have strengthened security, traffic control, and heat relief, and confirmed an Indian Air Force Surya Kiran aerobatic show over the temple.
- After the ceremonies, Modi will travel to Vadodara to inaugurate the Sardardham hostel complex for 2,000 students, linking religious commemoration to new civic infrastructure.