Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that India's Sanatan Dharma, culture, and faith are enduring, using the Somnath temple's history of destruction and reconstruction as an example. Speaking in Gujarat, he highlighted that invaders who attacked the temple have disappeared, while it continues to stand proudly. Shah referenced the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking 1,000 years since Mahmud of Ghazni's invasion, and noted the ongoing development of a Somnath corridor under Prime Minister Modi's leadership.