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September
Pilgimage Somnath bags cleanest iconic place award
Gujarat’s world-renowned pilgrimage site Somnath has been honored by the Union Government’s Ministry of Waterpower, Drinking Water and Sanitation with the best clean pilgrimage award.
Somnath Temple declared as the Best Clean Iconic Place by for maintaining higher standards of cleanliness and visitors’ amenities under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.
The temple has been awarded on the basis of overall improvement in sanitation.Several initiatives have been taken in last few years to ensure the cleanliness of the temple and the surroundings.
The President will confer the prestigious award to the Place during the Mahotsav to be organized by the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation on the 6th September.
