Somnath temple to get Rs 43 crore walkway

Rajkot | Friday | 7th December, 2018

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There are also light and music being planned on the walkway.There are also projects under Prasad Yojana of Somnath Temple, worth Rs 100 crore, being planned. The saga of Somnath temple is full of martyrs who laid down their lives for re-establishing the temple,” said Shah.The walkway will begin from the sea and end at ‘Triveni Sangam’. RAJKOT: The ground-breaking ceremony or ‘bhoomi pujan’ of a 1,500 metre-long and 7-metre wide walkway for pilgrims leading to Somnath Temple was performed on Thursday.The ceremony was performed by BJP national president and Prabhas Patan Somnath trustee Amit Shah.“Somnath temple was demolished 17 times by aggressors in its history. At every 200-metre stretch on the walkway, artistic seats are planned to be constructed for pilgrims. However, each time it was destroyed, its reconstruction had always been more beautiful than its previous condition..