Temple-town Dharmasthala decked up for Modi's visit

The Prime Minister will meet dharmadhikari Dr. Veerendra Heggade and visit Majunatheshwara Temple for darshan.

With Narendra Modi set to visit Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday, temple town Dharmasthala and Ujjire are fully geared up to welcome the Prime Minister.

Elaborate arrangements have been made with the road from Dharmasthala to nearby town Ujjire being decorated for PM's visit.

Modi will land in Mangaluru on Sunday morning and take a helicopter to Dharmasthala at 10.30 am, as per the itenerary. The Prime Minister will meet dharmadhikari Dr. Veerendra Heggade and visit Majunatheshwara Temple for darshan.

Over 2,500 police personnel, in addition to Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel, have been deployed for security arrangements.

Modi will then head for Ujjire to taking part in a programme organized by the Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) at 12noon. The public programme at Ujire, to be held at the Ratnavarma Heggade Stadium, is open to the general public.

Sixty thousand members of rural development project from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga and 25 thousand BJP workers will participate in the gathering.

The PM will later distribute RuPay Cards to SHG members and witness to an MoU to be signed between SKDRDP and State Bank of India to promote complete digitization of rural transactions, sais a report.

Union ministers Ananth Kumar, D V Sadananda Gowda, Anant Kumar Hegde, district minister B Ramanath Rai, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and MLA Vasantha Bangera will be present at the programme.

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