PM Modi to visit Somnath Temple on January 11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition sojourn the Somnath Temple successful Gujarat connected January 11, officials said connected Monday (January 5, 2026).

Year-long activities person besides been planned astatine Somnath to people the ‘Somnath Swabhiman Parv’, the officials added.

They besides said that galore spiritual and societal activities volition instrumentality spot successful Somnath from January 8 to 11.

Prime Minister Modi has said the temple, which was rebuilt aft repeated attacks by overseas invaders, is simply a awesome of the indomitable tone of Indian civilisation.

In a blogpost to people 1,000 years since the archetypal onslaught connected the Somnath Temple, the Prime Minister said, “There tin beryllium nary amended illustration of our civilisation’s indomitable tone than Somnath, which stands gloriously, overcoming likelihood and struggle”.

(With inputs from PTI)