The Sengol

On May 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s new Parliament building. Adheenams, heads of Tamil Shaiva monasteries, handed him the Sengol, a ceremonial scepter. He installed it in the Lok Sabha chamber, “right next to the Speaker’s chair.”

On September 19, 2023, the old Parliament building was given a new name, Samvidhan Sadan, the House of the Constitution.

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