Breaking News Live: 'India To Upgrade Schools For Girls In Bangladesh', Says PM Modi At Orakandi
Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Saturday, March 27, 2021: Voting for the first phase is underway in West Bengal and Assam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the voters to come out in record numbers to cast their vote. Meanwhile, On day 2 of Bangladesh's visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Shaktira Jeshoreshwari temple and Orakandi temple which hold huge political significance. For the first time in 160 days, India’s daily Covid-19 tally crossed 60,000 with Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat recording the most number of cases
PM Modi announced that India will work for the up-gradation of girls' schools in Bangladesh. PM Modi also said that India will constuct primary schools in the country. Prime Minister announced that Indian pilgrims visiting Orkanadi will get special privileges.
Both India and Bangladesh want to see the world progressing through their own progress. Both the nations want to see stability, love, and peace in the world instead of instability, terror, and unrest: PM Narendra Modi addresses Matua community in Orakandi, Bangladesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Matua community in Orakandi. "I was waiting for this opportunity for many years. During my 2015 visit to Bangladesh, I expressed my wish to visit Orakandi, and today that wish has come true," says PM Modi in Bangladesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at Orakandi Temple in Kashiani Upazila. The temple holds great significance as it is the abode of hundreds of Hindu Matua community, a large number of whom are residents of West Bengal.
Historians said the temple was raised in the 12th century at Orakandi, the birthplace of Hindu mystic figures and the Matua community's spiritual guru Harichand Thakur.
Matuas, who are a part of the namasudra community, have a significant presence in Bengal’s North 24-Parganas and Nadia districts. According to analysts, they can impact the outcome in 32-33 of the total 50 assembly seats (17 in Nadia and in 33 in North 24-Parganas) there.
"I am glad that I got the opportunity to receive blessings from Maa Kali at Jeshoreshwari Temple. I pray to Maa Kali that she provides us the energy to fight against Coronavirus. I always wanted to visit 51 Shaktipeeth and I feel blessed to have worshipped 1 Shakti Peeth here. This place needs a community hall, so they can use it during Kali Puja and gatherings and most important the community hall can prove beneficial during natural disaster", PM Modi in Bangladesh
Maharashtra: Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation imposes weekend restrictions (Saturday-Sunday) from today until further orders; all establishments except essential services to remain closed, restaurants to offer takeaway services only
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart the second day of his Bangladesh visit by offering prayers at Jeshoreshwari and Orkandi temples in southwestern Shatkhira and Gopalganj on Saturday. Prime Minister Modi, who had the jam-packed first-day of Bangladesh's visit, will fly off to Ishwaripur village today and offer puja at the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple, which is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths, scattered across India and neighbouring countries.
He will also visit the 'Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman' in Tungipara of Gopalganj district.
The Bangladesh authorities have renovated the Jeshoreshwari temple in Satkhira ahead of Prime Minister Modi's visit
Background
Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Saturday, March 27, 2021: Voters were seen queued up in several areas amid fear of violence in some sensitive zones. While over 1.54 crore voters are prepped up to decide the fate of key candidates, 730 companies of paramilitary forces in Bengal are ready to avoid any untoward incident during the first phase of elections.
For the first time in 160 days, India’s daily Covid-19 tally crossed 60,000 with Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat recording the most number of cases. The country also recorded 289 deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since December 30. Maharashtra, which is in the midst of worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, reported another all-time high of 36,902 new cases on Friday, while Mumbai breached all previous records to registered 5,515 cases.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began Day 2 of his visit to Bangladesh with a trip to the Shaktira Jeshoreshwari temple, around 300 kilometres from capital Dhaka. It has been redecorated specifically for the occasion. He is in the country to celebrate the golden jubilee of the nation's independence and the birth centenary of 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, its founder. As part of the two-day tour, he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a one-to-one meet later in the day.
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