Puri: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat visited Govardhan Peeth and Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri on Thursday evening.
The RSS chief, who is on a three-day visit to Odisha, reached the pilgrim town in the evening and proceeded to Govardhan Peeth. He met Jagadguru Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati at Govardhan Peeth and sought his blessings, sources said.
Bhagwat discussed important religious matters during his meeting with the Puri seer. As per sources, he also sought the Shankaracharya’s views on certain key issues.
Thereafter, the RSS chief visited Shree Jagannath Temple and sought the blessings of the sibling deities.
Bhagwat, who arrived here on Wednesday evening, spent the night at the Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti office in the Mancheswar area in the city. He addressed a religious congregation in Cuttack on Thursday afternoon.
Notably, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi met Bhagwat at the Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti office late on Wednesday night, sources said, adding that some other senior BJP leaders and ministers also called on the RSS chief.
