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PM takes Delhi Metro ride to ISKCON event

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 26 2019 | 9:35 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday boarded a metro train from Khan Market station on way to attend an event at ISKCON temple in south Delhi's East of Kailash, officials said.

Modi unveiled a giant Bhagavad Gita, running into 670 pages and weighing 800 kg, at the temple, located near Kailash Colony metro station.

Dubbed the 'Astounding Bhagavad Gita', and measuring 2.8 m by 2 m, it is billed as the "largest principle sacred text ever to be printed," according to ISCKON.

"PM Modi boarded a train from Khan Market metro station on the Violet Line for reaching the venue," a Prime Minister's Office source said, adding he deboarded at Nehru Place.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said, "The prime minister travelled in Delhi Metro's Violet Line today. He boarded the metro train at Khan Market station at 4:25 pm and travelled up to Nehru Place metro station, leaving the station at 4:38 pm."

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First Published: Feb 26 2019 | 9:35 PM IST

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