PM Modi Prays at Kedarnath and Unveils a Statue of Adi Shankaracharya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted prayers and performed ‘aarti’ at the Kedarnath temple early Friday. The statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya, an 8th-century seer who reached Moksha at Kedarnath, was then unveiled.
The unveiling of Adi Guru Shankaracharya’s 12-foot statue was streamed live around the country at the 12 jyotirlingas, four Shankaracharya mutts (monasteries), his birthplace, and other notable temples. In the 2013 deluge, Shankaracharya’s samadhi was devastated.
PM Modi will later in the day lay the foundation stone for Kedarpuri redevelopment projects costing over Rs 400 crore during his visit. On Friday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Dehradun airport. Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd) and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami greeted him.
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