PM Modi begins meditating at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commenced a 45-hour meditation session at the iconic Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari. Arriving from Thiruvananthapuram, Modi started his spiritual retreat by offering prayers at the Bhagwati Amman Temple.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his 45-hour-long meditation at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari on May 30 evening, following the completion of his two-months long high-pitch poll campaign across the country. (PTI Photo)
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After arriving from nearby Thiruvananthapuram by a helicopter, PM Modi offered prayers at the Bhagavathi Amman temple and reached the rock memorial by a ferry service and started the meditation that is scheduled to go on till June 1. (PTI Photo)
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Clad in a dhoti and a white shawl, PM Modi prayed at the temple. Priests performed a special 'arti' and he was given temple 'prasad' that included a shawl and a framed photograph of the presiding deity of the temple. (PTI Photo)
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Later, he reached the rock memorial by a ferry service operated by the state government-run shipping corporation and began his meditation at the 'dhyan mandapam'. Before he embarked on the dhyan exercise, for a while, PM Modi stood on the stairs leading to the mandapam that offers a breath-taking view of the sea that surrounds the memorial from all sides. (PTI Photo)
The prime minister showered flowers on the portraits of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, mother Sri Sarada Devi and also paid floral tributes to Swami Vivekananda, whose life-size statue on a high pedestal adorns the mandapam. Modi later commenced the sadhana (spiritual practice) in the mandapam. (PTI Photo)
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While the PM chose the Kedarnath cave to reflect and meditate following the end of campaigning in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he has now chosen a spiritually significant place in the southernmost tip in the mainland of the country. (PTI Photo)
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PM Modi's meditation from the evening of May 30 to the evening of June 1 at dhyan mandapam is the place where Vivekananda -- a spiritual icon admired by the PM -- is believed to have had a divine vision about 'Bharat Mata'. (PTI Photo)
