New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra’s Pune on Aug. 1 during which he will lay the foundation stone of various development projects and receive Lokmanya Tilak National Award, a release from Prime Minister’s Office said.

At around 11 am, Prime Minister will perform darshan and puja at Dagdusheth Mandir. At 11.45 am, he will be conferred Lokmanya Tilak National Award. Thereafter, at 12.45 pm, the PM will flag off metro trains and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects,” the statement said.

The Award was constituted by Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust in 1983, to honour the legacy of Lokmanya Tilak and is presented every year on the 1st of August – Lokmanya Tilak’s death anniversary. Modi will become the 41st recipient of the award.