[Ahmedabad,Gujarat] Ancient Somnath Temple to Bless Centre,s Gold Monetisation Scheme.
Temple Trustees Includes PM Narendra Modi And BJP President Amit Shah.Both Hails From Gujarat
Gujarat has three main temples -[1]Somnath Temple[2]Dwarkadhish Temple in Devbhoomi, Dwarka district [3]Ambaji Temple in Banaskantha district.
These All are run by their respective trusts, which are governed by Gujarat Pavitra Yatradham Vikas Board.
. Ambaji temple authorities have outrightly rejected any possibility of depositing their gold in the scheme at present.
The Somnath Temple Trust is all set to become Gujarat’s first temple to deposit its idle gold in the Gold Monetisation Scheme as its trustees including Prime Minister Narendra Modi And amit Shah have given their nod to invest the yellow metal reserves in the scheme.
The trust has around 35 kg of gold ,in various forms,and will deposit the gold which is not in day-to-day use of the temple.
The decision was taken during the recently held meeting of trustees at Modi’s residence in Delhi on January 12, said the trust secretary P K Lahiri, who is also one of the trustees of the Somnath Temple, situated in the Gir-Somnath district.
Other trustees of the Somnath Temple trust include former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, who is also the chairman of the trust, veteran BJP leader L K Advani, Harshvardhan Neotia and JD Parmar. All these six trustees were present during the meet.
BJP president Amit Shah was appointed as the seventh trustee during the meet on January 12.