Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the temple on Chamundi Hills here on Monday evening and offered puja to the presiding deity of Mysuru, Goddess Chamundeshwari.
Accompanied by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister Prahlad Joshi and other dignitaries, Mr. Modi, after finishing his engagements on day one of his Mysuru visit on Monday, visited the temple where he was greeted by the temple priests.
A battery of priests led by Sri Shashishekar Dixit, the temple’s main priest, conducted the special puja as Mr. Modi watched the proceedings inside the sanctum sanctorum. He prayed for a while inside the temple.