PM Modi offers prayers at Karnataka temple
PTI | Oct 29, 2017, 15:40 IST
DHARMASTHALA (K'taka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today offered prayers at the ancient Lord Manjunatheshwara temple in the coastal Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.
Modi, on a day-long visit to the state to attend various public functions, earlier landed in Mangaluru, about 80 km from here, and flew in a helicopter to this temple town.
The prime minister waved to the crowd, who chanted "Modi, Modi", as he stood at the entrance, before proceeding to offer prayers at the temple.
He was accorded a traditional welcome at the temple, where Dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator) D Veerendra Heggade took him around.
"I am happy that I got the opportunity to pray to Lord Manjunatha," Modi was quoted as saying in a tweet by the prime minister's office.
Modi visited Dharmasthala and nearby Ujire at the invitation of Heggade.
At Ujire, the prime minister attended a function of the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, where he distributed Rupay cards and launched the 'Digitised SHG (self-help group) Member Transaction' and 'Preserve Mother Earth' campaigns.
The Dharmasthala temple is one of the renowned religious landmarks of south India with a history of over 800 years.
Modi, on a day-long visit to the state to attend various public functions, earlier landed in Mangaluru, about 80 km from here, and flew in a helicopter to this temple town.
The prime minister waved to the crowd, who chanted "Modi, Modi", as he stood at the entrance, before proceeding to offer prayers at the temple.
Prayed at the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple. @SKDMTemple https://t.co/WAj4sqiQUe
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)
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He was accorded a traditional welcome at the temple, where Dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator) D Veerendra Heggade took him around.
"I am happy that I got the opportunity to pray to Lord Manjunatha," Modi was quoted as saying in a tweet by the prime minister's office.
Modi visited Dharmasthala and nearby Ujire at the invitation of Heggade.
At Ujire, the prime minister attended a function of the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, where he distributed Rupay cards and launched the 'Digitised SHG (self-help group) Member Transaction' and 'Preserve Mother Earth' campaigns.
The Dharmasthala temple is one of the renowned religious landmarks of south India with a history of over 800 years.
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