The Suvarna Tirtha Mantapa located in front of the Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. | Photo credit: UMESH S. SHETTIGAR
As Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will visit Udupi for the first time on Friday to attend the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana program organized by Sri Krishna Mutt and Paryaya Putthige Mutt.
The program will be a devotional gathering of thousands of participants who will recite the Bhagavad Gita in unison.
According to a Union government statement, Mr. Modi will visit the mutt at 11:30 am
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Suvarna Tirtha Mantapa located in front of the Krishna shrine and dedicate the Kanaka Kavacha (golden cover) for the sacred Kanakana Kindi, the sacred window through which Saint Kanakadasa is believed to have had divine darshan of Bhagwan Krishna.
He will later travel to Goa where he will visit Sri Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Mutt at around 3.15 pm on the occasion of ‘Sardha Panchashatamanotsava’, the mutt’s 550th anniversary celebrations.
Sri Krishna Mutt was established more than 800 years ago by Sri Madhwacharya, the founder of Dvaita Vedanta philosophy.
According to Chief Pontiff Putthige Mutt and seer Paryaya Sugunendra Tirtha, Mr. Modi had earlier visited Sri Krishna Mutt during Sugunendra Tirtha’s previous term in paryaya when Mr. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Mr. Modi will arrive at Mangaluru International Airport from where he will fly to Udupi by helicopter. After landing at the helipad at Aadi Udupi at 11 am, Mr. Modi will lead a roadshow from Bannanje Narayana Guru Circle to Kalsanka on his way to the mutt.
Udupi Deputy Commissioner TK Swaroopa has imposed traffic restrictions in the Central Business District area where Sri Krishna Mutt is located from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm by KSRTC and private city buses have been directed not to depart from the respective bus stands in the Central Business District area. The Udupi police have made elaborate security arrangements in view of Mr. Modi’s visit.
Meanwhile, the Dakshina Kannada district administration has banned the flying of drones within a radius of 5 km from the Mangaluru International Airport from 6 am to 6 pm on Friday in view of the Prime Minister’s arrival and departure from the airport.
Published – 27 Nov 2025 20:41 IST
