Watch LIVE Mahamasthakabhisheka Mahotsava :PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Bahubali General Hospital
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Shravanabelagola, Karnataka :Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Karnataka where he visited Shravanabelagola for the Bahubali Maha-Masthak-Abhisheka Mahotsava.

Chief of Jain Muth, Swami Charukiriti Bhattarak felicitated PM Narendra Modi at Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka Mahotsava in Shravanabelagola , Karnataka.

In his address, Modi recalls Indian history and urged to serve society as saying ,"Our Saints and seers have always served society & made a positive difference. The strength of our society is that we have always changed with the times and adapted well to new situations," said PM Narendra Modi in Shravanabelagola for Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka Mahotsav.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Bahubali General Hospital built by the Jain Mutt at Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka MahotsavaI and said that it is our duty to provide good quality and affordable healthcare to the poor .

Shravanabelagola is a well-known pilgrimage of those who follow the Jain dharma. The Vidhyagiri Hill here has a magnificent 58-foot idol of Bhagwan Bahubali who is also known as Gomateshwar.Bahubali is the son of the first Tirthankar Vrishabhnath or Adinath.His idol was established at the Vidhyagiri Hill in the year 981 AD.Since then the Mahamasthakabhishek observance is performed at the idol every 12 years.The 88th Mahamasthakabhishek festival is being celebrated this time around starting the 17th of February till the 25th for 9 days. President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated the celebrations here.

 

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