PUDUCHERRY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here on a one-day visit on February 25 to participate in the golden jubilee celebrations of nearby Auroville International township.
The visit, first by Modi to the union territory after becoming the Prime Minister, was earlier slated for February 24 but has now been rescheduled to February 25, official sources said today.
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy told reporters that he and his ministerial colleagues would meet the Prime Minister at the airport and seek the Centre`s assistance to the Puducherry government for development works.
Arriving by a special flight at 10.40 am, Modi would first visit the Aurobindo Ashram here and pay homage to its founder spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo.
He would sit in meditation for a few minutes at the memorial of Aurobindo, sources in the Aurobindo Society said.
Modi will also visit the room where Aurobindo carried out his spiritual experiments.
Later, he would interact with the children of the International School of Education run by the ashram.
He will then proceed by road to Auroville (City of Dawn) International Township situated in neighbouring Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu and participate in the golden jubilee celebrations.
The international or universal project envisioned by the Mother of Aurobindo Ashram (Mirra Alfassa) is dedicated to the ideal of human unity.
Modi would spend nearly two hours in the township.
From there, he would come back here and address a public meeting organised by the Puducherry unit of BJP before leaving for Chennai.
Security had been stepped up at all places that the Prime Minister would visit and also at the helipad where he would address the public meeting, police said.
Senior Police officers of Puducherry held a meeting with a team of Special Protection Group (SPG).