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At Sivagiri Mutt, Gandhi met the swamis there and supplied prayers to the saint reformer earlier than commencing the fourth day of the Yatra
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday commenced the Bharat Jodo Yatra on a religious notice by paying his respects to famend thinker and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru at Sivagiri Mutt right here.
At Sivagiri Mutt, Gandhi met the swamis there and supplied prayers to the saint reformer earlier than commencing the fourth day of the Kerala leg of the Congress celebration’s 3,570 kilometres and 150-day lengthy foot march which began off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and can conclude at Jammu and Kashmir.
Sharing photos of his go to on Fb, he stated, “Visited the Sivagiri Mutt to supply my respects on the Samadhi of the nice religious chief, thinker and social reformer, Sree Narayana Guru. Sree Narayana Guru labored tirelessly for the upliftment of individuals and had an important affect on leaders of our freedom motion, together with Mahatma Gandhi.”
Jairam Ramesh, AICC basic secretary in-charge Communication, additionally tweeted about it.
“Earlier than padayatra started, @RahulGandhi visited probably the most sacred Sivagiri Mutt to pay obeisance at Samadhi of Sree Narayana Guru who empowered hundreds of thousands and had an important affect on Gandhi and Ambedkar. He was a social revolutionary who stays inspirational. #BharatJodoYatra,” he tweeted.
The yatra, which started after 7.30 am from Navaikulam junction right here, continued to witness an encouraging end up and can enter the Kollam district of the state through the day after spending the final three days in Thiruvananthapuram district.
The primary part of the day’s yatra is scheduled to halt at Chathannoor in Kollam and is anticipated to renew from there at 4.30 PM.
The march would halt for the day at Pallimukku junction in Kollam within the night after which Gandhi is scheduled to carry a public assembly at close by Madannada.
On Tuesday, after that day’s yatra ended at Kallambalam junction right here, Gandhi had questioned how a celebration which calls itself a consultant of Hindus was allegedly spreading ‘ashanti’ within the nation when the primary phrases taught in Hinduism is ‘om shanti’.
“Wherever they’re going they’re destroying concord, they’re attacking individuals, they’re dividing individuals, abusing them,” he had stated.
The third day of the Kerala leg of the yatra had gone forward amid intermittent rains and swelling public turnout, with the Congress chief saying that even blisters won’t cease their journey as he and scores of yatris marched alongside the streets with out an umbrella when it rained.
The foot march will cowl 12 states and two Union territories.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered Kerala on September 10 night, will traverse by the state protecting 450 kilometres, touching seven districts over a interval of 19 days earlier than coming into Karnataka on October 1.
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