Gandinagar, May 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday participated in 'Somnath Amrut Parv-2026', marking 75 years of the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple.

Addressing the gathering at Sadbhavana Ground, the Prime Minister said that, Somnath Amrut Mahotsav" is not merely a celebration of the past, but a grand festival of inspiration that will guide and inspire India for the next thousand years, according to a release from Gujarat CMO.

He said that today we are celebrating the reconstruction of the sacred abode from which creation originates and into which it ultimately dissolves. Referring to Lord Shiva, who consumed the deadly Halahala (poison) and came to be revered as Neelkanth, he said that celebrating the Somnath Amrut Mah...