Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a day-long visit to Karnataka today. He will begin his tour by offering prayers at Dharmastala Shri Manjunatheshwara temple in Dakshina Kannada district. <br/><br/>After which he will address a rally at Ujire organized by Sree Kshetra Dharmastala Rural Development Project. He will symbolically distribute over a million Rupay cards to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana account holders and launch digitized Self Help Group cashless transaction in the state. <br/><br/>He will also initiate a campaign called "Preserve Mother Earth and transfer to the next generation". Thereafter the Prime Minister will reach Bengaluru where he will take part in a public function organized by Vedanta Bharati. <br/><br/>A mass recitation of Soundarya lahari hymn of Adi Shankaracharya is organized in the presence of Prime Minister. <br/><br/>Later as the last leg of his tour, the Prime Minister will reach Bidar in North Karnataka, where he will inaugurate the Bidar-Kalburgi railway line that will reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Mumbai.'