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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he feels honoured to attend the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme at Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi, Karnataka.

Modi said the event unites people from various sections of society for a collective recitation of the Bhagavad Gita. “I am honoured to be visiting Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi to take part in the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme tomorrow. This gathering brings together people from different walks of life for a recital of the Gita. This Matha holds deep cultural significance and, inspired by Sri Madhvacharya, has long served society,” he wrote on X.

I am honoured to be visiting Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi to take part in the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme tomorrow, 28th November. This is a special gathering that brings together people from different sections of society for a recital of the Gita. This Matha has a very…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 27, 2025

The Prime Minister will take part in the devotional programme, which will see one lakh participants—including students, monks, scholars and devotees—reciting the Srimad Bhagavad Gita in unison.

He will also inaugurate the Suvarna Teertha Mantapa in front of the Krishna sanctum and dedicate the Kanaka Kavacha, a golden cover for the sacred Kanakana Kindi, the window through which saint Kanakadasa is believed to have witnessed the deity. Sri Krishna Matha was founded over 800 years ago by Sri Madhvacharya, the proponent of the Dvaita Vedanta philosophy.

After his Karnataka visit, the Prime Minister will travel to Goa on Friday evening for the 550th-year celebrations of the Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math at Canacona.

He will unveil a 77-foot bronze statue of Lord Ram, inaugurate the Ramayana Theme Park Garden, release a special postal stamp and commemorative coin, and address the gathering.

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Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math, the first Gowd Saraswat Brahmin Vaishnava Math, follows the Dvaita tradition established by Jagadguru Madhvacharya in the 13th century. The Math is headquartered in Partagali, South Goa, on the banks of the Kushavati river.