Udupi, Nov. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a roadshow in Udupi in Karnataka ahead of the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme.

People gathered in large numbers to greet the Prime Minister, waving tricolours.

At Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi, PM Modi will participate in the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana programme, a devotional gathering of about 1,00,000 participants, including students, monks, scholars, and citizens from various walks of life, who will recite the Srimad Bhagavad Gita in unison.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Suvarna Teertha Mantapa, located in front of the Krishna sanctum, and dedicate the Kanaka Kavacha (golden cover) for the sacred Kanakana Kindi, a sacred window through which the saint Ka...