PM Modi Embarks on 45-Hour Meditation Retreat

Source: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday reached the famous Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Tamil Nadu’s Kanniyakumari, mainland India’s southernmost tip, and began his 45-hour-long meditation. According to sources, PM Modi's meditation started on Thursday evening at around 6.45 pm. During the meditation period, PM will be on a liquid diet and consume coconut water, grape juice and other liquids, sources said. The PM will also remain in silence and will not come out of the meditation hall during the meditation period, sources added. PM Modi’s spiritual retreat comes at the end of campaigning for the Lok Sabha election. He will meditate for 45 hours at a place where spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda meditated 131 years ago. Meanwhile, a picture from 'Modi Archive' shows BJP leader and now-PM Narendra Modi with party leader Murli Manohar Joshi circumambulates the statue of Swami Vivekananda to pay their respects at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial when the nationwide 'Ekta Yatra' commenced here on 33 years ago on December 11, 1991 in Kanyakumari, stretching all the way to Kashmir.