Modi, who had launched a slew of projects in his home state before the poll dates were announced last week, will attend the silver jubilee function of the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar on November 2.
Modi's visit has been announced by the Bochasanwasi Shri Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
In April this year, the prime minister had paid an emotional tribute to spiritual guru and head of BAPS of Swaminarayan sect Pramukh Swami who died at the sect's temple in Sarangpur in Botad district.
Gujarat will go to polls for 182 seats in two phases on December 9 and 14. The counting of votes will be taken up December 18.
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Gandhi, who has been attacking the Modi government and the BJP over the "Gujarat development model", had visited a number of temples in the state last month, a move seen as a portrayal of 'soft Hindutva' in the BJP-ruled state, known as the laboratory of Hindutva.
As per the release, Gandhi would visit several villages and towns in tribal-dominated south Gujarat from November 1 to 3 as part of the Congress's 'Navsararjan Gujarat Yatra'.
The yatra would commence from Jambusar in Bharuch district tomorrow and culminate in Surat on Friday.
During his tour, Gandhi would address farmers, women, youths, traders and the party workers at several places in Bharuch, Tapi, Dangs, Valsad, Navsari, Valsad and Surat district, the release said.
Gandhi had last month covered different parts of Saurashtra, and central Gujarat earlier this month.
The BJP chief would join election-related deliberations with party leaders in different districts during his stay, the BJP said in a release.
Addressing the "Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan" near Gandhinagar earlier this month, Shah had said the upcoming election was a "battle of pride" for his party, which has been ruling Gujarat for over two decades.
He had exhorted BJP workers to ensure an improved tally of 150 seats over the 129 it had won in 2002 under the then chief minister Narendra Modi.
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