NEW DELHI, May 31 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi was meditating on a rocky outcrop off India’s coast today in a final appeal to his Hindu voter base as marathon national...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was meditating on a rocky outcrop off India’s coast today in a final appeal to his Hindu voter base as marathon national elections drew to a close. — AFP picNEW DELHI, May 31 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi was meditating on a rocky outcrop off India’s coast today in a final appeal to his Hindu voter base as marathon national elections drew to a close.
Modi’s decade in power has seen the leader engage in regular meditations, fasts and temple visits to burnish his religious credentials, despite India’s secular constitution. Local media reports said around 2,000 police and security personnel were guarding the site in the southern state of Tamil Nadu for the two-day meditation, which concludes Saturday on the final day of general election voting.
Construction of the temple fulfilled a longstanding demand of Hindu activists and was widely celebrated across the country with back-to-back television coverage and street parties.
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