| The
objects of the Trust were to include 'not only the rebuilding and the maintenance of the
Somanath Temple itself and its auxiliary institutions, the renovation of Dehotsarga where
Lord Shri Krishna parted with His body, but also the general improvement of the
neighbourhood so as to restore its atmosphere of sanctity! I was instructed to prepare the
Trust Deed. My view was that a temple by itself would
not be enough in these days of cultural resurgence, nor did the authoritative tradition of
a great temple permit its dissociation from a centre of learning. If the temple was to be
a real centre of attraction for the country, it should have close association with an
All-India Sanskrit University and should also have a suburb where people could come either
for health, study or for rest, and a goshala. |
