Highlights

  • PM Narendra Modi on Friday offered prayers at the Shiva temple in Kedarnath
  • 12-foot statue of Adi Shankaracharya at the seer's reconstructed samadhi unveiled
  • PM Modi reached Dehradun, was received by Uttarakhand Governor and CM

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Adi Shankaracharya statue: Kedarpuri reconstruction is considered the prime minister's dream project whose progress is reviewed personally by him at regular intervals.

PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath temple, unveils Adi Shankaracharya statue

PM Narendra Modi Kedarnath visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Kedarnath temple Friday and unveiled a magnificent 12-feet statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya. This is Narendra Modi’s fifth visit to the temple as Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister Modi reached Dehradun early Friday morning, where he was received by Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

The PM Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya, which has been reconstructed after its destruction in the 2013 Uttarakhand floods, and inaugurated the rebuilt samadhi of the eighth century seer.

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The statue weighs 35 tonnes and it has been made by Mysore-based sculptors from chlorite schist, a rock that is known to withstand rain, sunshine and harsh climate.

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