Modi on two-day visit to Karnataka from January 2

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Karnataka for two days, to inaugurate Indian Science Congress 103^rd session at Mysore on January 3, said an official on Monday.

"Modi will unveil a new hospital of Avadhoota Datta Peeam of Ganapati Sacchidananda Swamiji on arriving at Mysuru on January 2," the statement said.

Modi will also participate in the centenary celebrations of Jagadguru Shivaratri Rajendra Mahaswamiji of Suttur Math on January 2 evening.

After attending the Science Congress in the University of Mysore campus, Modi will go to Nittur in Tumakuru district, 70 km from here, to lay the foundation stone for a new helicopter manufacturing plant of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

Later, he will inaugurate the 21st international conference on 'Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications' at Jagani on this city's outskirts.

"The five-day conference, organised by the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-Vyasa Institute), will focus on integrated medicine to treat modern day ailments," the statement added.

PM Modi last week visited another southern state Kerala.(IANS)(image: youtube.com)