A May 2026 Substack piece by retired IAS officer KBS Sidhu describing Shree Somnath Trust's governance under Gujarat trust law, citing 2014-15 figures of roughly 31.06 crore rupees annual revenue and 18.35 crore rupees expenditure. Notes the Trust manages Somnath Mandir plus 64 other temples on about 2,000 acres, with Narendra Modi chairing its typically eight-member board alongside trustees L.K. Advani and Amit Shah.
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Citation
AuthorKBS Sidhu
PublisherThe KBS Chronicle (Substack)
URLhttps://kbssidhu.substack.com/p/somnath-temple-trust-and-tradition-a01
Source Typejournalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: independent commentary by a credentialed retired civil servant, not the Trust's own official channel or an audited document, and citing figures dated to 2014-15. Connections
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This source names Gujarat directly: "Shree Somnath Trust's governance under Gujarat trust law, citing 2014-15 figures of roughly 31.06 crore rupees annual revenue and 18.35 crore rupees expenditure."
Source Somnath Temple: Trust and TraditionKBS Sidhu
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Somnath Temple: Trust and Tradition
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Sites, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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