PM Modi Begins 45-hour Meditation At Kanniyakumari's Vivekananda Memorial

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday began his 45-hour-long meditation session at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanniyakumari.

The PM arrived in Kanniyakumari earlier in the day from nearby Thiruvananthapuram and offered prayers at the Bhagavathi Amman temple. He will perform meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial for nearly two days from the evening of May 30 to the evening of June 1.

He will meditate day and night at the same place where Swami Vivekanand did meditation, at the Dhyan Mandapam.

Ahead of his departure on June 1, Modi is likely to visit the Thiruvalluvar statue, next to the memorial. Both the memorial and statue were built on tiny islets, that are separate and mound-like rocky formations in the sea.

All arrangements, including heavy security, are in place for Modi’s 45-hour stay at the famed, mid-sea memorial, named after the revered Hindu saint.

Modi will meditate at Rock Memorial, a monument built in tribute to Swami Vivekananda, here following the culmination of the Lok Sabha polls campaign later today, BJP leaders had said. The PM had undertaken a similar exercise in a Kedarnath cave after the 2019 poll campaign.

Modi will meditate from the evening of Thursday to the evening of June 1 at Dhyan Mandapam, the place where Vivekananda — a spiritual icon admired by Modi — is believed to have had a divine vision about ‘Bharat Mata’.

Security has been beefed up ahead of Modi’s visit and 2000 police personnel will stand guard during his stay, even as the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy would also maintain tight vigil.

Following the end of the 2019 election campaign, PM Modi had visited Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand for two days where he undertook a 15-hour ‘ekantavaas’ (solitary meditation).

(With PTI inputs)

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