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Uttarakhand: PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Badrinath temple

Kedarnath, May 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited another crucial Hindu pilgrimage site-Badrinath temple- and offered prayers to the deity.

Modi is visiting Kedarnath and Badrinath at a time when the nation is voting in the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls.

मेरा सौभाग्य है कि आध्यात्मिक चेतना की भूमि पे जाने का मुझे कई वर्षों से अवसर मिलता रहा है।

जब केदारनाथ में आपदा आई तब दिल में एक कसक थी कि मुझे यहां कुछ करना चाहिए। मुझे काम करने का सौभाग्य मिला। यहां का मेरा जो डेवलपमेंट मिशन है उसमें प्रकृति, पर्यावरण और पर्यटन हैं: पीएम pic.twitter.com/W4zTPjv6tZ

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Speaking to the media, Modi said: We have made a master-plan for the re-development for Kedarnath.

Kedarnath was hit by floods in 2013.

Modi said he shares a special relationship with Kedarnath.

Modi also ended his 18-hour meditation session inside a holy cave of Kedarnath before leaving for Badrinath.

Modis Parliamentary constituency Varanasi is voting today.

He is once again fighting the Lok Sabha polls from the Varanasi seat.

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