Several Adheenam priests arrived from Chennai to Delhi and handed over the Sengol to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (May 27). The development comes just a day before the new Parliament building's official opening on Sunday (May 28).
The adheenam priests met PM Modi at his residence this evening, and he accepted their blessing. According to sources, Sengol will be installed in the Lok Sabha chamber of the new Parliament tomorrow between 8:30 and 9:00 AM.
Modi sought and received their blessings while also honouring them.
"I greet you all by bowing before you," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to Adheenams at his residence in Delhi. "I am grateful that you have arrived at my home. It is because of Lord Shiv's blessings that I have the opportunity to see you Shiv bhakts."
The prime minister will inaugurate the new Parliament building, which is equipped with cutting-edge technology, on Sunday, despite a boycott by several Opposition parties who insist that President Droupadi Murmu, as head of the State, should do the honours.
Modi said the new Parliament building will make every Indian proud on Friday, and he shared a video of the new complex.
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The Sengol is a golden spectre given to former Prime Minister Jawarhalal Nehru on the eve of India's independence. The Sengol, according to the Centre, had been lying in a museum in Allahabad all this time.
Sengol sparked a verbal brawl between the BJP and the Congress, with the latter objecting to the golden sceptre as a symbol of "transfer of power" from the British to the Indians. Smriti Irani, in a dig at the grand old party, stated that the Congress' use of the Sengol as a walking stick demonstrates how the Gandhi family views democracy.
On Sunday, up to 25 political parties are expected to attend the inauguration of the new Parliament building. However, 20 opposition parties have decided to boycott the inauguration because they are upset that Prime Minister Modi will lead the unveiling rather than President Droupadi Murmu.