Shah Lays Foundation Stone for 81-Foot Lord Shiva Statue in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar District
Union Home Minister offers prayers at temples in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, participates in religious ceremonies during Navratri.
AHMEDABAD, Oct 16: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday laid the foundation stone for an 81-foot-tall statue of Lord Shiva at the Varadayini Mata Temple in Rupal village of Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district.
Shah, the Lok Sabha MP from Gandhinagar, visited the temple with his family and offered prayers. The ceremony took place on the sixth day of Sharadiya Navratri, according to a statement issued by the BJP’s Gandhinagar Lok Sabha media department.
During his visit, Shah also travelled to the Bahucharaji Mata Temple in Mansa, Gandhinagar district, where he sought blessings and participated in the evening aarti.
Earlier in the day, the Union minister visited Prerna Tirth Jain Derasar in Ahmedabad’s Satellite area. He met Gachchhadhipati Pujya Nar Ratna Surishwarji Maharaj and sought his blessings, the statement said.
Shah subsequently visited Shri Vishwanandikar Jain Sangh in the Paldi area of Ahmedabad, where he met another spiritual leader, Gachchhadhipati Pujya Uday Ratna Surishwarji Maharaj Saheb.
During these visits, Shah expressed his reverence for Jainism’s spiritual principles and its longstanding tradition of saints.
According to his official schedule, Shah was also slated to attend a garba event organised by the Navratri Yuvak Mandal in the Kolavada area of Gandhinagar on Friday night as part of the ongoing festival celebrations.
