Gandhinagar, June 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar on Saturday as she celebrated her 100th birthday. PM arrived at his mother's residence early in the morning and sought her blessings.
In the photos shared on Twitter, PM Modi was seen sitting on the floor next to his mother and performing pooja with her. PM Modi adorned Hiraba with a garland of roses and a shawl. He then washed his mother's feet, performed aarti, and gave her prasad.
PM Modi had a chat with his mother before leaving the residence for other engagements. The meeting lasted for less than half an hour. Prime Minister last met her mother in March during his two-day Gujarat visit.
As his mother is entering her 100th year, PM Modi penned an emotional blog. He recollected some special moments from his childhood that he spent with his mother.
Recalling hardships his mother faced during her childhood, PM Modi said, “My Mother is as simple as she is extraordinary. Just like all mothers.” At a tender age, PM Modi’s mother lost her mother. He said, “She does not even remember my grandmother’s face or the comfort of her lap. She spent her entire childhood without her mother.”
PM Modi said, cleanliness was something that his mother had always been extremely particular about. He also wrote that his mother made him realise that it was possible to be learned without being formally educated. He shared an incident when he wanted to publicly honour all his teachers, including his biggest teacher – his mother. However, his mother declined saying, “See, I am an ordinary person. I may have given birth to you, but you have been taught and brought up by the Almighty.”
PM Modi encapsulated his mother’s inspiring life story in a few words, “Far beyond every tale of deprivation, is the glorious story of a mother, Far above every struggle, is the strong resolve of a mother.”