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Modi visits Dhakeshwari temple, Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka
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Dhaka, June 7
Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday visited the Dhakeshwari temple in Dhaka and offered
prayers and also inaugurated the new Indian high commission chancery
complex at Baridhara where he inaugurated six projects undertaken with
grant-in-aid from India.
"Reaching out to Bangladesh directly. PM
inaugurated 6 projects undertaken with grant in aid & interacts w/
beneficiaries," Vikas Swarup, spokesperson of the ministry of external
affairs, tweeted.
The six projects are: the India-Bangladesh
Maitri Girls Hostel, Victoria College, Narail; construction of third
floor of Blind Education & Rehabilitation Development Organisation,
Mirpur, Dhaka; sewage treatment plant snd waste water treatment plant,
Kumudini Hospital, Mirzapur, Tangail; establishment of Hindi Department,
Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka; recording studio,
Music Department, University of Dhaka and Assistance to Department of
Dance, University of Dhaka.
In the morning,Modi visited the Dhakeshwari temple at Lalbagh in the city.
"An
early morning temple visit. PM @narendramodi worships at the Sree Sree
Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka," Swarup tweeted.The 800-year-old Sri
Dhakeshwari National Temple is state-owned, giving it the distinction of
being Bangladesh's "national temple".
After offering prayers at
the temple, Modi met members of the temple committee and other senior
members at the temple. Modi was offered a memento by the temple
authorities. In June 2014, when Indian External Affaris Minister Sushma
Swaraj visited Dhaka, she had also visited the 12th century temple.The
Dhakeshwari temple was built by the Sena dynasty king Ballal Sen. The
city of Dhaka derives its name from Dhakeshwari, which means goddess of
Dhaka.
Modi then visited the Ramkrishna Mission at Gopibagh and
was greeted by the monks at the temple. He spoke to the senior monks and
posed for pictures with the saffron-robed monks of the Ramakrishna
order.
"Paying my respects to Ramakrishna Paramhansa at Dhaka's Ramakrishna Mission," Modi tweeted.
"Last month in Kolkata. This month in Dhaka. PM visits Ramakrishna Mission in Bangladesh," tweeted Swarup.
The
Dhaka Ramakrishna Mission Math is a branch of the Belur Math, which
Modi visited last month when he was in Kolkata. Modi then left to visit
the the newly-constructed Indian high commission's chancery at
Baridhara.
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