Modi in Gujarat tomorrow to pay tribute to Pramukh Swami

August 14, 2016 17:01

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat tomorrow to pay tribute to Swaminarayan sect's spiritual head Pramukh Swami, whose mortal remains have been kept at a temple in Sarangpur near Gujarat.

Ministers, politicians and devotees today made a beeline to the Sarangpur-based Swaminarayan temple, where they paid their respect to the 95-year-old saint.

The mortal remains of the head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam SansthanSwaminarayan Sanstha have been kept at the temple till August 17 to enable devotees and citizens to have a final glimpse of the departed soul.

Modi is scheduled to arrive in Sarangpur, located in adjoining Botad district, in afternoon, said Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat Nitin Patel, who along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani paid their tributes today. "Our PM was very close to Pramukh Swami. Modi will arrive in afternoon to pay tribute to the departed soul," said Patel.

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