Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer prayers at the Ambaji temple in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on Saturday, as part of his two-day visit to Karnataka and Gujarat.
According to the official schedule, the Prime Minister will perform darshan and pooja at the temple at around 12 noon. The Ambaji temple is one of the 51 revered Shakti Peethas and holds immense religious significance for devotees across the country.
01. A packed two-day visit
Modi began the visit in Karnataka on Friday, where he inaugurated, dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore in Bengaluru, spanning urban mobility, renewable energy, power transmission, petroleum infrastructure, waste management and railways.
A centrepiece of the Karnataka programme was the inauguration of the Pink Line of the Bengaluru Metro, connecting Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere. Developed at a cost of around Rs 3,470 crore, the 7.5-km elevated stretch opened for public services on Saturday. The Prime Minister also flagged off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express.
He also inaugurated the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium, India’s first LED dome planetarium, and participated in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the residential headquarters of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), in Bengaluru.
After the Gujarat visit, the Prime Minister will virtually address a national event on Sunday, 15 November, to mark the birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda, observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas.
