Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his 45-hour long meditation session that began on Thursday at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial at Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari on Friday. As Modi sits in a Dhyaan posture, the chanting of Aum in the background continues throughout his meditation till Saturday evening.
The PM arrived from nearby Thiruvananthapuram and offered worship at the Bhagavathi Amman temple reaching Vivekananda Rock Memorial and perform meditation for nearly two days.
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, were made for Modi’s 45-hour stay at the famed, mid-sea memorial, named after the revered Hindu saint.
Modi began meditation at Rock Memorial, a monument built in tribute to Swami Vivekananda, at Kanyakumari following the culmination of the Lok Sabha polls campaign on Thursday. The PM had undertaken a similar exercise in a Kedarnath cave after the 2019 poll campaign.
Modi continued his meditation from the evening of Thursday to the evening of Saturday 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 have been deployed to stand guard during the PM’s stay, even as the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy also joined to maintain tight vigil.
