Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building on Sunday morning and installed the historic Sengol in the Lok Sabha chamber.
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The prime minister prostrated before the Sengol and sought blessings from high priests of various 'adheenams' in Tamil Nadu with the holy sceptre in hand.
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Modi then carried the Sengol in a procession amid tunes of 'nadaswaram' and chanting of Vedic mantras to the new Parliament building and installed it in a special enclosure on the right side of the Speaker's chair in the Lok Sabha chamber.
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Amid Vedic chants by priests from Karnataka's Shringeri Math, the prime minister performed 'Ganapati Homam' to invoke Gods to bless the inauguration of the new Parliament building.
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