PM to go on temple hopping ahead of Maldives visit

June 04, 2019 15:38

After a thumping victory in the Lok Sabha elections, it's now time for thanksgiving.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will first go to the Guruvayoor Krishna temple in Kerala on June 8. From there, he will head to Maldives, his first official visit as PM in his second term.

From Maldives, Modi heads to Colombo, Sri Lanka.

On the way back to India, he will stop at Tirupati and spend the night at the temple town.

If you recall, Modi had visited the Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath just ahead of the poll results.

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