Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Baramati — the bastion of NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar — on November 3 to inaugurate ‘Prerna Sthal’, which features a nine-foot-tall, four-tonne statue …

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Baramati — the bastion of NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar — on November 3 to inaugurate ‘Prerna Sthal’, which features a nine-foot-tall, four-tonne statue of Lord Buddha.Pawar said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, Serum Institute’s Cyrus Poonawalla and representatives from Microsoft will be present at the inaugural ceremony at Vidya Pratishthan in Baramati in Pune district.Even under British rule, civil services exam had a Sanskrit paper: PM Modi It may be mentioned that Pawar is the chairman of Vidya Pratishthan, which runs a chain of educational institutions.The statue of Lord Buddha has been installed at Nakshatra Garden.The premises will also feature paintings and photographs of several prominent personalities, including Rajmata Jijau, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Ahilyadevi Holkar, Jyotirao Phule, Savitribai Phule, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr B R Ambedkar and Pawar’s mother, Sharadabai Pawar.Modi will also address a gathering on the occasion.

Source: Deccan Herald