Prime Minister Modi leaves Kanniyakumari after 45-hour-long meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial
The HinduPrime Minister Narendra Modi, who was meditating at Vivekananda Rock Memorial here since last Thursday evening, left the southern tip of the land as he completed his 45-hour-long ‘dyan’ at 2.45 p.m. on Saturday. Coming out of the meditation hall in Vivekananda Rock Memorial at 2.45 p.m., Mr. Modi visited the Amman sreepaadham again and boarded the ferry to reach the 133-foot-tall Tiruvalluvar statue on the nearby rock. Before boarding the helicopter at Tamil Nadu government’s guest house, Mr. Modi had a brief chat with the administrators of Vivekananda Kendra, which maintains and manages the Vivekananda Rock Memorial. Even though the tourists were allowed to visit the Vivekananda Rock Memorial from 8 a.m. on Saturday, operation of ferries to the memorial was suspended at 11.45 a.m. — three hours ahead of the Prime Minister’s departure from the memorial considering his safety.