Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Goa to participate in the 550th-year celebration of Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math in Partagali and unveiled a 77-foot-tall bronze statue of Bhagwan Ram.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 77-foot bronze murti of Bhagwan Ram at Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math in Goa.
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The Prime Minister also inaugurated the ‘Ramayana Theme Park’ developed by the Math. Additionally, he released a special postal stamp and a commemorative coin and addressed the gathering on the occasion.
Joint Convenor of the Organising Committee of celebrations, S Mukund Kamath, said that more than 15,000 people attended from across India. “PM first visited Bhagwan Ram’s bronze statue, then the Ram Mandir, and addressed the people,” Kamath told ANI.
The 11-day 550th-year celebration of the Math is expected to witness more than 1.2 lakh visitors. Cultural programs featured renowned artists, including Shankar Mahadevan and Anup Jalota.
Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math is the first Gowd Saraswat Brahmin Vaishnava Math. It follows the Dvaita order, a system established by Jagadguru Madhvacharya in the 13th century AD. The Math is headquartered in Partagali, a small town in South Goa on the banks of the river Kushavati.
PM Modi also visited Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi, Karnataka, where he participated in the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme, a devotional gathering of about 1,00,000 participants, including students, monks, scholars, and citizens from various walks of life, who recited the Srimad Bhagavad Gita in unison. He also inaugurated the Suvarna Teertha Mantapa, located in front of the Krishna sanctum, and dedicated the Kanaka Kavacha (golden cover) for the sacred Kanakana Kindi, through which the saint Kanakadasa is believed to have had the divine darshan of Bhagwan Krishna.
Sri Krishna Matha, Udupi, was established over 800 years ago by Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita philosophy of Vedanta. Ahead of his visit, PM Modi had expressed that he was “honoured” to attend the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme and highlighted its significance in bringing together people from different sections of society.
