Narendra Modi calls bhajan clubbing "no less than global concerts"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a bhajan-clubbing event at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Park in Delhi on Friday, marking the 110th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. He listened to devotional songs, played a percussion instrument or clapped, and waved to the crowd. The appearance came after Modi repeatedly endorsed bhajan clubbing, a practice in which groups, often young people, gather to sing devotional music. In January on Mann ki Baat, he praised young participants for adopting the trend and made the quoted remark while discussing its cultural importance. He later backed the practice during a July visit to Australia, saying it showed Indian youth were approaching religious life differently.