Shree  Somnath  Trust  which  looks  after  the  development and maintainance of the  entire Somnath Complex was founded by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who had taken a pledge to reconstruct the Somnath Temple on the sea-shore nearby on November 13, 1947.The Trust was headed  by the first  Rajpramukh  of  Saurashtra, Jamsaheb Digvijaysinhji as Chairman till 1966, by  renowned  Gujarati  author  Shri Kanaiyalal Munshi  during 1966 - 67, by the former Prime Minister of India Shri Morarjibhai  Desai  from 1967 to 1995  and  its  current Chairman  is  the Ex-Mayor  of Ahmedabad and an industrialist Shri Jaykrishna Harivallabhdas. Other eminent persons who have served  as trustees include Union  Ministers  Shri N . V. Gadgil, Shri Khandubhai Desai, Shri Jaisukhlal  Hathi, Gujarat  Minister Shri Dineshbhai Shah, Members of Parliament Shri Chittaranjan Raja and Shri Prasannavadan Mehta, Minister of former Saurashtra state  Shri  D. T. Dave, industrialists  Shri Brijmohan Birla, Shri Girdharilal Mehta, Shri Gangaprasad Birla and Shri Rajan Kilachand and eminent  citizens  like Shri Shyamaldas Gandhi,  Shri D.V. Rege, Prof. J.D. Parmar and  Rajmata Gulabkunwarba  of Jamnagar. Now  Shri L.K. Advani-currently India's Home  Minister  and Shri  Keshubhai  Patel, Gujarat's  Chief  Minister are also  the  Trustees of  the Trust. Shree Somnath Trust has completed the reconstruction  of the main  temple, renovated  and or  built other temples  in  the  complex  and it  looks  after their  maintainance  and pooja - vidhis. It provides pilgrim  facilities  like accomodation etc. in various guest-houses built and maintained by it. It runs two big Dharmashalas also. Accomodation thus provided includes 128 and 16 double -  bed rooms in Tanna - Damani complex and Modinagar respectively, 20 three - bed rooms in Bitco-Kamani-Desai complex, 4 four-bed rooms  in Modinagar, 9 beds in three rooms in  H. K. Bungalow, 6 air-conditioned double-bed rooms in V.I.P. guest-house. Accomodation  for  300  pilgrims  in twenty rooms in Ahalyabai Dharmashala and for 150 in three big halls in Bhatia Dharma-shala is also available. The charges of accomodation are affordable and reasonable.