Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation stone for an 81-foot-tall statue of Lord Shiva at the Shaktipeeth Shri Varadayini Mataji Temple in Rupal area of Gandhinagar on Friday as part of a series of programmes in Gujarat. HM Shah's engagements span religious visits in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, an evening aarti in Mansa, and a Raas Garba programme in Kolvada, government officials said.

According to his itinerary, the Union Home Minister will first visit Gachchhadhipati Param Pujya Nar Ratna Surishwar Ji Maharaj at Prerna Tirth in Ahmedabad's Satellite area at 2:45 p.m.
He will then meet Gachchhadhipati Param Pujya Udayprabha Surishwar Ji Maharaj at Shri Vishwa Jain Sangh in Paldi at 3:15 p.m.