Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a day-long visit to Karnataka . He will begin his tour by offering prayers at Dharmastala Shri Manjunatheshwara temple in Dakshina Kannada district. After which he will address a rally at Ujire organized by Sree Kshetra Dharmastala Rural Development Project. He will symbolically distribute over a million Rupay cards to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana account holders and launch digitized Self Help Group cashless transaction in the state.
He will also initiate a campaign called “Preserve Mother Earth and transfer to the next generation”. Thereafter the Prime Minister will reach Bengaluru where he will take part in a public function organized by Vedanta Bharati.
A mass recitation of Soundarya lahari hymn of Adi Shankaracharya is organized in the presence of Prime Minister.
Later as the last leg of his tour, the Prime Minister will reach Bidar in North Karnataka, where he will inaugurate the Bidar-Kalburgi railway line that will reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Mumbai.