The prime minister sat in meditation at the foot of the statue for a while before taking a walk around Kedarpuri to review the reconstruction work carried out over the last few years. Its unveiling was streamed live at 12 jyotirlingas, four mutts or monasteries established by the eighth-century seer, his birthplace and a number of prominent temples across the country. Work on the Shankaracharya statue, weighing around 35 tonnes, had begun in 2019. The huge rock had rolled down the mountains during the June 2013 deluge and stopped right behind the temple, and is credited for protecting it from the disaster. He offered prayers and walked to the ‘Bheem Shila’ behind the temple. The prime minister reached Kedarnath from Dehradun in the morning and offered prayers at the Shiva temple.Īfter arriving in Kedarnath, Modi watched a brief documentary detailing the reconstruction work carried out at the Himalayan temple after the devastating deluge of 2013 and then entered the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled a 12-foot statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya at the seer’s rebuilt samadhi in Kedarnath and laid the foundation stone of reconstruction projects worth over Rs 400 crore at the Himalayan temple.
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