Team News Riveting
Ahmedabad, April 10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned people to remain in battling the pandemic as the threat of novel Coronavirus still persisted.
“The virus is very deceptive and nobody knows when the ‘bahurupiya’ (one that changes form) COVID will resurface,” the Prime Minister said in a virtual address at the Mahapatotsav programme of Maa Umiya Dham at Vanthali in Gujarat’s Junagadh district, as part of the 14th foundation day celebration of the temple of Maa Umiya, considered as the deity of Kadva Patidar community.
He said, “We have to remain vigilant against this (Coronavirus).” The Prime Minister said that India had performed an amazing feat of administering 185 crore doses of vaccines. He credited social awareness for this and other movements like Swachhta and Single Use Plastic reduction.
He said that along with spiritual dimension centres of faith play a major role in spreading social consciousness.
Inauguration of the temple was also done by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in 2008, when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Based on suggestions given by the Prime Minister in 2008, temple trust has expanded its scope into various social and health related activities as well such as free cataract operations and free ayurvedic medicines for economically weaker patients etc.
Umiya Maa is considered as the Clan-deity or Kuldevi of the KadavaPatidars.
