Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi, who was admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad, passed away at 100.
Informing about her demise, the Prime Minister posted a heartfelt tweet early Friday morning, “A glorious century rests at the feet of God… In Maa, I have always felt that trinity, which contains the journey of an ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi and a life committed to values.”
PM Modi recalled his visit to his mother on her 100th birthday this year.
“When I met her on her 100th birthday, she said one thing, which is always remembered that work with intelligence, live life with purity, that is, work with intelligence and live life with purity,” PM Modi tweeted.
Prime Minister was seen shouldering his mother’s bier. The body was then put in an ambulance and the Prime Minister climbed in.
#WATCH | Gandhinagar: Prime Minister #NarendraModi carries the mortal remains of his late mother #HeerabenModi who passed away at the age of 100, today pic.twitter.com/LpkdAN3LiK
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Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Mortal remains of Heeraben Modi, mother of PM Modi being taken for the last rites. pic.twitter.com/4k9RBPItXd
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Heeraben used to live with PM Modi’s younger brother, Pankaj Modi, at Raysan village near Gandhinagar. The Prime Minister would regularly visit Raysan and spend time with his mother during his Gujarat visits.