Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, commemorating 1,000 years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple. He participated in a 'Shaurya Yatra' and a drone show, highlighting the temple's resilience and India's civilisational courage. Modi also criticized 'people with a colonial mindset' and 'appeasement politics' for attempting to distort historical narratives and obstruct the temple's reconstruction, asserting that opposing forces remain active and require vigilance.