Overview
- On Jan. 10, Modi joined Omkar chanting at Somnath and watched a drone show that organizers said used about 3,000 drones with Shaivite and temple-themed formations.
- The Somnath Swabhiman Parv marks 1,000 years since the 1026 attack on the temple and the 75th year of its post-Independence restoration, with 72 hours of continuous chanting.
- Jan. 11 plans include leading the Shaurya Yatra, addressing a Somnath public event, inaugurating the Vibrant Gujarat regional conference in Rajkot, and opening the remaining Phase 2 stretch of the Ahmedabad Metro from Sector 10A to Mahatma Mandir.
- On Jan. 12 in Ahmedabad, Modi and Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit Sabarmati Ashram, attend the International Kite Festival at the Sabarmati Riverfront, and hold delegation-level talks at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
- According to the PMO, discussions will target trade and investment, technology, education and mobility, defence and security, green development, science and innovation, and people-to-people ties; city police have issued partial road-closure advisories for the riverfront that morning.