Overview
- Nare ndra Modi led a one-kilometre procession featuring 108 Gujarat Police horses, greeted crowds, and performed darshan and puja at the Somnath Temple.
- He paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and to Veer Hamirji Gohil, honored as defenders of the shrine.
- In his address, Modi said Somnath’s flag still flies after a thousand years of assaults and criticized narratives that he said hid the history of religious violence.
- On the eve of the procession, he chaired the Shree Somnath Trust meeting to review infrastructure upgrades to improve the pilgrimage experience.
- The four-day observance featured 72 hours of Omkar chanting and a large drone show, with students and devotees turning out in significant numbers.