PM Attends Sarva-Dharma Prayer Meet At New Parliament Building

India's new Parliament building is being inaugurated today. The ceremony began early this morning with a havan.

PM Modi was dressed in a traditional attire. He walked into the Parliament premises from its Gate No.1. He was welcomed by Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the new P{parliament building.

PM Modi along with Birla and other Cabinet ministers attended the 'Sarv-dharma' prayer ceremony.

The ceremony began with the traditional puja with Vedic rituals which went on for an hour. Later, the PM received the Sengol and installed the same in the new Parliament. While he carried the Sengol received from Tamil Nadu, overwhelming tunes of 'nadaswaram' played.

The Parliament building is part of the revamped Central Vista Project. The construction of the same began in 2019. The building was built at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The new Parliament has three storeys and a built-up area of 64,500 sql. During the ceremony today, a Rs 75 coin will also be launched.

There are 92 rooms for the council of ministers.

The Opposition and the BJP have been at logger heads over the new Parliament building. The Opposition has boycotted the event stating that it should have been the President of India who should have inaugurated the new Parliament building.