RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat To Visit Odisha This Week; Check His Itinerary

Bhubaneswar: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to arrive in Odisha on August 13 on a 3-day visit on the invitation of Gaudiya Mission.

He will arrive Bhubaneswar on August 13 evening and proceed to Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti office in the Mancheswar area for a night halt, said senior RSS functionary Sumanta Kumar Panda.

Bhagwat will grace the Gaudiya Vaishnavism Sammilani at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack as the chief guest the following day. He will travel to Puri for darshan of the sibling deities of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri in the evening and also visit Gobardhan Peeth to meet Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati before returning to Bhubaneswar.

He will leave Odisha on August 15, he added.

Bhagwat had last visited the state in May this year when he presided over a series of closed-door organisational meetings and addressed select gatherings of volunteers.