Articles tagged under: Somnath Trust

Somnath Temple Trust cautions devotees about bogus websites for online room booking, donations

March 29, 2025
Somnath Temple Trust cautions devotees about bogus websites for online room booking, donations

Somnath: With crores of pilgrims visiting Shri Somnath Temple every year, online booking for guesthouses has become a popular choice. However, fraudsters are exploiting this by creating fake websites and misleading listings, tricking devotees into making bogus payments. Shri Somnath Trust has issued a warning, urging devotees to book only through its official website, somnath.org, and avoid unauthorized transactions. Shri Somnath Trust has issued an official statement saying, "As online booking...Read More

Illegal encroachments on Somnath Temple Trust land demolished

March 22, 2025
Illegal encroachments on Somnath Temple Trust land demolished

Prabhas Patan: Authorities in Somnath today carried out demolition action and removed illegal encroachments near Ram Mandir under heavy police security. Over 30 unauthorized residential structures were razed around Rudreshwar Mandir. The issue of illegal constructions had long been a point of contention between the Somnath Temple Trust and encroachers, leading to legal proceedings. The court ruled in favor of the Somnath Trust, prompting today’s action to clear the encroachments in front of th...Read More

Shri Somnath Trust starts free tiffin service for Civil hospital patients and their relatives

November 21, 2024
Shri Somnath Trust starts free tiffin service for Civil hospital patients and their relatives

Prabhas Patan: Shri Somnath Trust has started a free tiffin service from this week for the patients at the civil hospital and the relatives of the patients. The tiffin service will be offered to the patients of the civil hospital in Veraval and one family person of each patient. The service will operate daily for both meal times. The service was inaugurated by Trustee JD Parmar, district collector Digvijaysinh Jadeja among others and it runs in coordination with the civil hospital manageme...Read More

Ahmedabad-Keshod direct flight service launched; Somnath Trust to provide free AC bus pickup service

October 29, 2024
Ahmedabad-Keshod direct flight service launched; Somnath Trust to provide free AC bus pickup service

Keshod: In efforts to promote Gujarat and India's pilgrimage sites as top global tourism destinations by re-exposing Indian culture, a direct flight service from Ahmedabad to Keshod has been launched. Additionally, the Somnath Trust has initiated a free pickup bus service for pilgrims visiting Somnath today on the auspicious day of Dhanteras. The Ahmedabad to Keshod direct flight service will operate three days a week—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday—providing more travel options for devot...Read More

PM Narendrabhai Modi chairs Shri Somnath Trust meeting at Gandhinagar, Gujarat

September 15, 2024
PM Narendrabhai Modi chairs Shri Somnath Trust meeting at Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi today evening chaired the meeting of Shri Somnath Trust. The meeting was held at Raj Bhavan, the residence of Gandhinagar where the Prime Minister takes a night halt when he is in home-state Gujarat, particulary in Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar. PM Modi heads Shri Somnath Trust which looks after the management of Shri Somnath Mandir and number of other Mandirs and nearby lands in Prabhas Patan, a famous pilgrim town known for historic Somnath Mandir...Read More

PM Modi to chair the meeting of Shri Somnath Trust at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar

September 15, 2024
PM Modi to chair the meeting of Shri Somnath Trust at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi will chair the meeting of Shri Somnath Trust today here. This will be 123rd meeting of Shri Somnath Trust. Prime Minister Modi is heading the Trust. The meeting shall meet in Raj Bhavan, the residence of the State Governor at around 6 pm. The other members of the trust include union Home minister Amitbhai Shah, former deputy prime minister LK Advani among others. The Mandir will host Ayushya mantrajap, Mahadev mahapuja, Dhwajarohan and Sandhya ...Read More

3.5 cr Ram Naam mantras penned by devotees in Somnath sent to Ayodhya

January 17, 2024
3.5 cr Ram Naam mantras penned by devotees in Somnath sent to Ayodhya

Ayodhya: In just 80 days, devotees from all over the country who visited Somnath Mandir wrote more than 3.5 crore Ram Naam mantra in a campaign called "Somnath to Ayodhya Shree Ram Naam Mantra Lekhan Mahayajna." Today, a commemorative letter of "Somnath to Ayodhya Ram Naam Lekhan Yajna" in silver and gold fonts was handed over to the Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Shetra Trust in Ayodhya. The Somnath Temple Trust had initiated this Ramnaam writing campaign on October 30, 2023, during the meeting of Sh...Read More

PM Narendra Modi reappointed Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust for 5 more years

November 03, 2023
PM Narendra Modi reappointed Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust for 5 more years

Prabhas Patan: Shri Somnath Trust has in a note, shared the details of the recently held meeting of Trustees of Shri Somnath Trust at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. The meeting was chaired by Chairman of the trust Narendrabhai Modi who was on a two-day visit to the home-state. Shri Somnath Trust in a note informs that in this meeting Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi has been appointed as the Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust for another five years. The Prime Minister during this meeting lau...Read More

PM Narendrabhai Modi chairs meeting of Shri Somnath Trust

October 30, 2023
PM Narendrabhai Modi chairs meeting of Shri Somnath Trust

Gandhinagar: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi chaired the meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and discussed various aspects relating to the working of the Trust. He has also reviewed that how latest technology can leverage Temple complex so that the pilgrimage experience will be even more memorable. In a X post, the Prime Minister said; “Chaired a meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust in Gandhinagar. We discussed various aspects relating to the working of the...Read More

PM Modi likely to chair Shri Somnath Trust meeting in Gandhinagar

October 29, 2023
PM Modi likely to chair Shri Somnath Trust meeting in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi is likely to chair the meeting of Shri Somnath Trust during his home-state Gujarat visit on October 30th. The meeting is likely to be held at Raj Bhavan in State capital Gandhinagar where Prime Minister takes night halt during his Gujarat visits. Veteran BJP leader LK Advani, Home and Cooperation minister Amit Shah, former Chief Secretary of Gujarat PK Lehri, local person from Prabhas Patan Somnath JD Parmar are among trustees of Shri Somnath...Read More