Narendra Modi to deliver speech on Amritanandamayi's birthday celebration

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 23 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a live speech via satellite link during spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi's 63rd birthday celebrations at Amritapuri in Kollam on September 27.

On the occasion, Modi will also announce Mata Amritanandamayi Math's (MAM) completion of 2,000 toilets in the state as part of its Rs 100-crore pledge towards improving sanitation and ending open defecation in Kerala.

The events, to be held from September 25-27, include panel discussions aimed at uplifting India, launch of several important projects as well as charitable activities, a press release said here today.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Kerala Governor P Sathasivam, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highway and Shipping Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of AYUSH Sripad Yasoo Naik, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien, former chief minister Oommen Chandy are among the diginitaries attending the celebrations, it added.

PTI