Modi to attend aarti today, pahind tomorrow at Jagannath mandir
July 09, 2013
Ahmedabad, 9 July 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi will attend aarti today evening at Amdavad’s Jagannath Mandir on the eve of Rath Yatra.
Shri Modi will also perform Pahind ritual tomorrow morning and will pull the first rath for a while. Every year whoever is the Chief Minister of Gujarat is invited to perform Pahind vidhi. Narendra Modi has been fortunate to perform this ritual for highest times.
Ahead of the Rath Yatra, Home Secretary Shri S.K.Nanda(IAS) visited Shri Jagdish Mandir to review the security arrangements.
Apart from regular security arrangements, this year the Gujarat Police shall fly newly purchased UAVs to keep eye on the yatra from sky. A control room to receive pictures and video captured by UAV has been set up at Circuit house in Shahibag area.
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