Narendra Modi named Somnath Temple trust chairman, becomes second PM to hold post Modi, one of the trustees of the Shree Somnath Trust, was named to the top post unanimously during a meeting which he attended via video conferencing File image of Narendra Modi. PTI
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday unanimously chosen as the new chairman of the trust which manages the world-famous Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan town in Gujarat s Gir-Somnath district, becoming the second PM to hold the post.
Modi, one of the trustees of the Shree Somnath Trust, was named to the top post unanimously during a meeting which he attended by via video conferencing.
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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.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Home Minister Amit Shah offer prayers at the Somnath temple in Gujarat. File photo
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He is the second Prime Minister to hold post
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday unanimously chosen as the new chairman of the trust which manages the world famous Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan town in Gujarat s Gir-Somnath district, becoming the second PM to hold the post.
Mr. Modi, one of the trustees of the Shree Somnath Trust, was named to the top post unanimously during a meeting which he attended by via video conferencing.
Modi, one of the trustees of the Shree Somnath Trust, was named to the top post unanimously during a meeting which he attended by via video conferencing.