Jaisalmer, Oct. 24 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday visited the Tanot Mata Mandir near Longewala in Jaisalmer, paying homage at the revered shrine. During his visit, he observed the unexploded bomb shells dropped by Pakistan during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War on the Shri Tanot Rai Mata temple complex, which remarkably did not detonate.

Following the visit, Singh witnessed the ongoing Exercise Thar Shakti at the Longewala border. Rajasthan Exercise Thar Shakti is an Indian Army exercise focused on land-based combat in desert terrains.

On Thursday, Singh on Thursday inaugurated Shaurya Van in Jaisalmer, following which he also visited the 1971 Indo-Pak war museum.

Singh also witnessed the star attraction of Shaurya Van. Shaurya...