Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the Shaurya Yatra honoring defenders of the shrine, featuring a symbolic procession of 108 horses, and then offered prayers at the jyotirlinga.
- On January 10, he chaired a Shree Somnath Trust meeting to review upgrades to the temple complex and ways to enhance the pilgrimage experience.
- He took part in the ongoing 72-hour Aum chanting and viewed an approximately 3,000‑drone show over the Arabian Sea that formed images tied to Shiva and Somnath’s history.
- He is scheduled to address a public gathering in Somnath today before traveling to Rajkot and Ahmedabad for industry events and a metro inauguration outlined in his program.
- Some media analysis presents the Somnath outreach as politically significant, including efforts to connect with Saurashtra‑origin Gujaratis in Tamil Nadu ahead of the 2026 elections.