Chopper landing, sunset view and no tourists: PM Modi’s meditation plans once campaigning ends

He will witness the sunset at 6:34 pm. Modi will return from Kanyakumari on June 1 at 3:30 pm. From Thiruvananthapuram airport, he will board an IAF aircraft for Delhi at 4:10 pm.

“Tourists will be told to cancel their plans for the weekend. Shop operations in the vicinity will be restricted. Bookings to all lodges and hotels in the small town will be blocked by police. We are estimating that around 1,000 police personnel will be deployed, besides the patrolling of coastal police around the Vivekananda Rock along with coast guard ships even as there are chances of restricting security personnel on the rock as he would be meditating,” said a top official monitoring the arrangement.

A team of 10 SPG commandos reached Kanyakumari Monday to assess the security measures. “He will be staying at Vivekananda Centre,” the official said.

Modi’s visit to Kanyakumari holds significant spiritual and symbolic weight for his followers as Kanyakumari is where Swami Vivekananda claimed to have had a vision of ‘Bharat Mata’.

“It was here that he (Vivekananda) arrived after wandering across the country and mediated for three days and hit upon attaining a vision for a developed India. Meditating at the same place shows PM Modi’s commitment to bringing Swami Ji’s vision of a Viksit Bharat to life,” the statement said, adding that “Goddess Parvati also meditated at the same place on one foot as she waited for Bhagwan Shiv.”

The statement added that PM Modi is sending a signal of national unity by going to Kanyakumari.