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Date : 22 Jan 2022
New Circuit House near Somnath Temple, PM appeals to adopt 'Vocal for Local' in Tourism Sector
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- on 21st January 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Circuit House near Somnath Temple in Gujarat.
- Prime Minister Modi said that we are working relentlessly to realize the potential of tourism in our country.
- The development of tourist centres is not just a part of the government schemes, but also a campaign of public participation.
- Tourism is contributing to the economy of many countries in the world in a big way.
- India also has endless possibilities like this in every state and every region.
- Government is taking this issue holistically and developing and launching many religious, cultural and heritage tourist circuits in a big way.
- Mr. Modi also appealed to the people to consider visiting domestic tourist destinations before planning for any foreign tourist destination.
- Prime Minister also emphasized Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan, convenience of the people, and innovative and modern thinking to boost the domestic tourism in the country.
- Government has built the APJ Abdul Kalam memorial in Rameshwaram and developed the historical places associated with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Krantiveer Shyamji Krishna Varma. He said that Adivasi museums are also being built across the country to throw light on the glorious history of our tribal society.
- Shree Somnath is first among the twelve Aadi Jyotirlings of India. It has a strategic location on the western coast of India.
- The Somnath temple, also called Somanātha temple or Deo Patan is the holy place of the Aadi Jyotirling Shree Somnath Mahadev and the sacred soil where from Bhagvan Shri Krishna took his last journey to his neejdham.
- The temple is built at the shore of the Arabian ocean on the western corner of Indian subcontinent.
- It is located in Prabhas Patan, Veraval in Gujarat, India.
- It has been reconstructed several times in the past after repeated destruction by several Muslim invaders and rulers.
- After India's independence, those ruins were demolished and the present Somnath temple was reconstructed in the Māru-Gurjara style of Hindu temple architecture.
- The contemporary Somnath temple's reconstruction was started by the first Home Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel and completed in May 1951 after his death
- The Pran-Pratistha at the existing temple was done on 11th May 1951 by then President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
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