<p>Besides Modi, former chief secretary of Gujarat P K Laheri has also been appointed a trustee of the prestigious temple board.<br /><br />The new appointments were announced after a board meeting of the trust was today held at Infocity in Gandhinagar in which Patel and Advani were present.<br /><br />Somnath temple is located on the Arabian coast near Veraval in Saurashtra, Gujarat. It is one of the 12 jyotirlinga of Hinduism.<br /><br />Incidentally, Advani has been associated with Somnath temple ever since he embarked upon his rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya in 1990.</p>
<p>Besides Modi, former chief secretary of Gujarat P K Laheri has also been appointed a trustee of the prestigious temple board.<br /><br />The new appointments were announced after a board meeting of the trust was today held at Infocity in Gandhinagar in which Patel and Advani were present.<br /><br />Somnath temple is located on the Arabian coast near Veraval in Saurashtra, Gujarat. It is one of the 12 jyotirlinga of Hinduism.<br /><br />Incidentally, Advani has been associated with Somnath temple ever since he embarked upon his rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya in 1990.</p>