Udupi has been ‘karmabhoomi’ of governance model of Jan Sangh, BJP: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme successful  Udupi connected  Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme successful Udupi connected Friday. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said connected Friday that Udupi has been the ‘karmabhoomi’ of the governance exemplary of the Jan Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Speaking astatine the ‘Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana’ programme organised by Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt and Paryaya Puthige Mutt successful Udupi, helium recalled that successful 1968, the radical of Udupi elected Jan Sangh’s V. S. Acharya (now nary more) to the Udupi Municipal Council, and “with this Udupi laid the instauration of a caller governance model.”

He noted that the cleanliness campaign, which is present seen astatine the nationalist level, was adopted by Udupi 5 decades ago. “Whether it was providing a caller exemplary of h2o proviso and drainage systems, Udupi had initiated specified programmes successful the 1970s,” the Prime Minister said and added, “Today these campaigns person go portion of nationalist improvement and nationalist priority, guiding the state forward”.

Prime Minister said that though helium was calved successful Gujarat, determination has ever been a heavy and peculiar transportation betwixt Gujarat and Udupi. He recalled the content that the idol of Lord Sri Krishna established successful Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt was earlier worshipped successful Dwarka by Mata Rukmini, and aboriginal Jagadguru Madhvacharya consecrated this idol successful Udupi.

Referring to astir 1 lakh radical astatine the programme reciting verses from 18 chapters of Srimad Bhagavad Gita successful unison, the Prime Minister said that successful society, the recitation of mantras and the shlokas of Bhagavad Gita has been happening for centuries, but erstwhile 1 lakh voices unneurotic recite these shlokas successful unison, it creates a unsocial experience.

Mr. Modi further noted that erstwhile truthful galore radical recite a ineffable substance similar the Gita, erstwhile specified divine words resonate unneurotic astatine 1 place, a peculiar vigor emerges that gives the caput and intellect a caller vibration and a caller strength. “This vigor is the powerfulness of spirituality and besides the powerfulness of societal unity. It besides shows the satellite the spot of corporate consciousness,” helium said.

The Prime Minister said that by inspiring radical crossed the satellite to constitute the Gita successful their ain hand, the elder pontiff of Putthige Mutt Sugunendra Tirtha has initiated the Koti Gita Lekhana Yajna, which has go a planetary wide question of the Sanatan tradition.

He said that Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme has go a meaningful effort to link the adjacent procreation with the Bhagavad Gita.

He stated that the full federation knows the important relation Udupi played successful the Ram Mandir movement. He recalled that decades ago, precocious Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of Udupi Pejawar Mutt gave absorption to the full movement.

A gross successful the Ram Mandir astatine Ayodhya analyzable has been named aft Madhwacharya, who founded Asta Mutts of Udupi, helium said.

Published - November 28, 2025 07:44 p.m. IST

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