Narendra Modi visits Dharmasthala temple, inaugurates Bidar-Kalaburgi railway track
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a day-long visit to Karnataka on Sunday, participating in various functions in Ujire, Bengaluru, and Bidar
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a day-long visit to Karnataka on Sunday, participating in various functions in Ujire, Bengaluru, and Bidar. Twitter @narendramodi
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Modi’s first leg of the visit was at Dharmastahla in Dakshina Kannada district to offer prayers to Hindu god Shiva at the Manjunatheshwara temple. Union Ministers DV Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar, BS Yeddyurappa and other dignitaries are seen along with Modi. PIB
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The Dharmasthala temple is one of the renowned religious landmarks of south India, with a history of over 800 years. Narendra Modi offers prayers at Shri Manjunatha Swamy Temple at Dharmasthala in Karnataka on Sunday. PTI
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The prime minister then addressed a public rally at Ujire, a small town near the west coast, near Dharmasthala. He also handed over RuPay cards to some Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account holders. PIB
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Modi launched the digitised cashless Self-Help Groups (SHG) transactions in the state charitable trust of the Sree Kshetra Dharmastala Rural Development project. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting Self Help Group product stalls and E- Lobby of Vijaya Bank at Ujire in Karnataka on Sunday. PIB
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At the rally, Modi said such self-help groups, who have pledged to conduct their businesses cashlessly, have answered all those who spoke against demonetisation, questioning how was it possible to become cashless in a country where the poor and less literate have no digital connectivity. PTI
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Modi then visited a public function organised by the Vedanta Bharati at the Palace grounds in the city centre. There he attended a mass recitation of the Soundarya Lahari hymn of Adi Shankaracharya. PTI
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Later, Modi inaugurated the 110-kilometre Bidar-Kalaburgi railway track in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. Modi with Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and other union ministers at the Bidar-Kalaburagi inauguration. PTI
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The train will reduce the distance between Bengaluru and New Delhi by 380 kilometres and travel time by six to eight hours. The new track will also provide direct rail connectivity from Bengaluru to Bidar in the state’s northern region, about 690km away from the state capital.
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