Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday declared 500-metre radius of Ambaji and Somnath temples as ‘vegetarian zone’. The CM announced this while addressing a gathering at a cultural event organised on the eve of Republic Day in Palanpur in Banaskantha district, which was presided by Governor O P Kohli, according to an official release.
Local Hindu organisations have been demanding a complete ban on sale and consumption of non-vegetarian food around Somnath temple since long. The demand is on the lines of Palitana temples of Jainism in Bhavnagar where the government had imposed a complete ban on sale and consumption of non-vegetarian food.