Ahmedabad, Jan. 13 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said it is not easy to erase India's Sanatan Dharma, culture, and people's faith, citing the reconstruction of the Somnath temple despite repeated attempts to destroy it over the centuries.
Those who attacked the temple eventually disappeared, but the temple still stands proudly at the same place on the seashore in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, he said.
Shah was addressing a gathering at Mansa town in Gandhinagar district after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for various projects of Rs 267 crore.
On January 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking 1,000 years since Mahmud of Ghazni's invasion of the Somnath temple in the ...