WATCH: PM Modi meditates at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari
PM Modi meditates at Vivekananda Rock Memorial.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started mediation at the Dhyan Mandapam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu,where Swami Vivekananda meditated once. The meditation will conclude on Saturday (June 1).
Modi started the mediation after reaching the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari on Thursday (May 30) evening.
The first visuals of Modi meditating in Kanyakumari showed the Indian PM in a trance, sitting in front of a statue of philosopher-saint Swami Vivekananda.
The prime minister is meditating at the Dhyan Mandapam, the same spot where Swami Vivekananda had meditated in 1892 to get a clear vision of the future of India.
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Notably, it is also the centrepoint of the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and the Arabian Sea.
According to BJP leaders, the choice of Kanyakumari gives out a message of national unity.
The last phase of Lok Sabha polls spread across seven phases, will close on June 1.
The votes will be counted on June 4.
The PM also visited several temples, including Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, and the Kothandaramaswamy Temple.
In 2019too, PM Modi made a similar trip to Kedarnath and meditated at a cave before the final phase of elections.
Old image of PM Modi surfaces
A 33-year-old photo of Modi at the same spot has gone viral on social media forums.
The image was taken during the nationwide Ekta Yatra which commenced from the iconic Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari and stretched to Kashmir.
BJP veteran Dr Murli Manohar Joshi can also be seen in the image.
(With inputs from agencies)