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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday began his daylong visit to Uttarakhand with a darshan of the Adi Kailash peak, an abode of Lord Shiva, and a puja at Parvati Kund in Pithoragarh.
PM Modi also shared a video of his visit to Parvati Kund on X, formerly Twitter.
Wearing a traditional tribal outfit complete with a turban and ‘ranga’ (upper body garment), Modi performed an ‘aarti’ and blew the conch shell at the Shiva-Parvati temple situated along the banks of Parvati Kund in Jolingkong.
The Prime Minister was guided by local priests Virendra Kutiyal and Gopal Singh at the temple. He also sat in meditation briefly with folded hands in front of the Adi Kailash peak.
PM Modi, after the darshan of Adi Kailash peak, headed to Gunji village, where he interacted with locals and security personnel, and attended an exhibition of local products and artefacts. He was accompanied by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. They were accorded a warm traditional welcome.
The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of several development projects in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh and said this will be Uttarakhand’s decade.
PM Modi further said Uttarakhand will reach new prospects of development.
“…I have a belief that this will be Uttarakhand’s decade…Uttarakhand will reach new prospects of development and our government is working with that one motive…Foundation stones of several development projects worth more than Rs 4,000 crores were laid today…,” he said.
As he travelled from the Naini Saini airport to the public meeting venue, cultural troupes from the Kumaon region welcomed Prime Minister Modi at several points of a renovated six-km road which has been decorated with murals and paintings.
Earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said PM Modi’s forthcoming visit to Pithoragarh will give a boost to spiritual and religious tourism in the Manaskhand region.
