By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: With Shree Khetra Puri, the supreme abode of Lord Jagannatha, houses one of the 4 mutts of Adi Shankaracharya, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flanked by Party’s National VP Baijayant Jay Panda , National Spokesperson, Sambit Patra, Puri’s BJP MLAs Jayant Sarangi, Lalatendu Mohapatra and senior leader Ashrit Patnaik, on Friday joined the inauguration of rebuilt statue of Adi Shankaracharya in Kedarnath in Uttrakhand by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A special function was hosted at Puri’s Gobardhan Mutt, where, Union Minister Pradhan, National VP Jay Panda, Spokesperson Patra and MLAs Mohapatra and Sarangi joined and watched live the event telecast from Rudraprayag early this morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled a rebuilt statue of Adi Shankaracharya in the Kedarnath Temple situated in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand and inaugurated re-development projects worth ₹130 crore at Kedarnath.
The 12-foot statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya was reconstructed after it was washed away in the devastating flood of Uttarakhand in 2013.
Speaking during the event, the Prime Minister said, “All maths and ‘jyotirlingas’ in the country are connected with us today,” as he inaugurated the redevloped samadhi sthal. “You all are witness to the inauguration of Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi here today. His devotees are present here in spirit. All maths and ‘jyotirlingas’ in the country are connected with us today,” he said.
