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1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah during a visit to the Somnath Temple in Gujarat s Gir-Somnath district . PTI file
Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, January 18
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday unanimously named chairman of the Somnath Trust which manages the globally famous Somnath Temple located in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district.
The position had fallen vacant in October 2020 after the demise of veteran BJP leader and former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel.
“The decision to appoint PM Narendra Modi as the Temple Trust chairman was unanimous,” said Trust Secretary P K Laheri.
This could well be the first time in the history of independent India that a sitting prime minister would head a famous temple trust.