PM Modi installs Tamil Nadu’s historic ‘Sengol’ near LS speaker's chair

PM Narendra Modi bowed before Tamil Nadu’s historic ‘Sengol’ as a mark of respect during a puja ceremony ahead of the inauguration of the new Parliament building in New Delhi PTI

PM Modi along with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla then installed the ‘Sengol’ near the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chair PTI

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 PTI

The 'Sengol' was received by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to represent transfer of power from the British and was kept in a museum in Allahabad, as per the government

PM Modi had slammed the Congress for relegating the “holy spectre” — ‘Sengol’ — as a “walking stick” at a private museum in Allahabad

The Sengol sceptre, measuring five feet in length, is made from silver and gold

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru holding 'Sengol', a historical sceptre from Tamil Nadu, with Kumarswamy Thambiran PTI