Amit Shah on Gujarat visit

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Gujarat on Friday, October 16, with programmes scheduled in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Mehsana districts, including the foundation stone-laying ceremony for an 81-foot-tall statue of Lord Shiva at the Vardayini Mata temple complex in Rupal.

Shah’s schedule begins at 2:45 pm with a visit to Gachchhadhipati Param Pujya Narsurishwarji Maharaj at Prerna Tirth in Ahmedabad’s Satellite area. He will then visit Shri Vishva Jain Sangh in Paldi at 3:15 pm to seek the blessings of Gachchhadhipati Param Pujya Udayprabhsurishwarji Maharaj.

At 6 pm, the Union minister is scheduled to visit the Shaktipeeth Shri Vardayini Mata temple in Rupal, Gandhinagar, where he will perform darshan and puja before laying the foundation stone for the proposed 81-foot-tall Shiva statue.

He will proceed to the Bahuchar Mata temple in Mansa, where he is scheduled to attend the evening aarti at 7:30 pm. Every year during Navratri, Shah, along with his family, performs aarti at the temple in his hometown.

Shah’s final engagement for the day is a Raas Garba programme organised by the Navratri Yuvak Mandal at Shri Ramji Mandir in Navratri Chowk, Kolvada, at 9:30 pm. DeshGujarat