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Watch | At new Parliament building inauguration, PM Modi bows before ‘Sengol’ as mark of respect

PM Modi installed the ‘Sengol’ next to the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chair in the new Parliament building.

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Watch | At new Parliament building inauguration, PM Modi bows before ‘Sengol’ as mark of respect
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Ahead of the inauguration of the new Parliament building in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowed before Tamil Nadu’s historic ‘Sengol’ as a mark of respect during a puja ceremony.

PM Modi along with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla then installed the ‘Sengol’ near the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chair. Birla also accompanied Modi during the puja ceremony.

A day ahead of the inauguration of the new Parliament, the Prime Minister met the Adheenam seers from Tamil Nadu, who handed the “Sengol” to him. He met the priests, who flew down to the national capital at his official residence and sought their blessings.

Slamming the Congress for relegating the “holy spectre” — ‘Sengol’ — as a “walking stick” at a private museum in Allahabad, PM Modi said the Sengol was a symbol of the transfer of power from the British in 1947 and should have got due respect after Independence

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The Sengol holds significance because it connected the “glorious traditions of pre-colonial India to the future of independent India”, he said.

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The Sengol sceptre, measuring five feet in length, is made from silver and gold. As per the government, it was handed over to Nehru by Lord Mountbatten on August 14, 1947, symbolising transfer of power.

On Friday, the Congress had said that there is no documentary evidence that Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru had described the ‘Sengol’ as a symbol of the transfer of power from the British to India.

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