Prime Minister <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Narendra+Modi-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Narendra Modi</a> offered prayers at the famous <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Kedarnath-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kedarnath</a> temple in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Uttarakhand-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Uttarakhand</a>'s Rudraprayag district on Friday.
Wearing a white-coloured traditional attire of the hill people with a "swastika" symbol embroidered on it, the prime minister performed a "puja" at the temple.
He is also scheduled to visit the Badrinath temple later in the day.
During his two-day tour of the state, PM Modi will inspect various ongoing development projects and lay the foundation stones of some new ones.
On his arrival at the Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun, the prime minister was received by Governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union minister Ajay Bhatt.
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After performing the "puja" at the Kedarnath temple, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the 9.7-km Gaurikund-Kedarnath ropeway project.
During his two-and-a-half-hour-long programme at Kedarnath, Modi is also scheduled visit the Samadhi Sthal of Adi Guru Shankaracharya.
At Badrinath Dham, he will review the progress of the development projects along the riverfront.
In the afternoon, Modi will lay the foundation stones of road and ropeway projects and address a gathering at Mana village. Thereafter, he will review the progress of the beautification project of the Arrival Plaza and the lakes in the area.
Security has been tightened around the two famous hill temples in view of the prime minister's visit. Both the temples have been decorated with quintals of flowers.&nbsp;
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Wearing a white-coloured traditional attire of the hill people with a "swastika" symbol embroidered on it, the prime minister performed a "puja" at the temple

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