Gujarat: Modi Visits Hometown; Says, 'Immense Love Showered By People Of Vadnagar Gives Me New Energy'

Modi, on Sunday, also inaugrated a medical college in Vadnagar and also visited his school. Modi, who is visiting his hometown for the first time after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, had on Saturday tweeted about his visit. "I look forward to visiting Vadnagar. This visit will bring back several memories from my childhood." (Image: Twitter)

Modi inaugurated the Rs 500 crore GMERS medical college and also interacted with the medical students in the classroom. This hospital is set to cater to lakhs of patients in North Gujarat and south Rajasthan, which borders the region. (Image: Twitter)

Modi used to vend tea as a young boy at the railway station here. (Image: Twitter)

The entire city was decorated for the grand welcome of the prime minister. There were chants of "Modi-Modi" and flowers were showered on him at several places along the route of the roadshow. The locals told mediapersons it was a matter of great pride that the "son of the soil" was the prime minister and was visiting the town after a long time. (Image: Twitter)

Vadnagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a roadshow in Vadnagar, his birthplace, in Mehsana district as he arrived here on the second day of his visit to Gujarat. A large number of Vadnagar residents queued up along the route to greet Modi who was visiting his birthplace for the first time after becoming the prime minister office in 2014. Acknowledging the overwhelming response, Modi stood on the step of his moving SUV and waved at people all along the route from the helipad on the outskirts of the city to a newly-built medical college. (Image: Twitter)

Modi also visited his school where he knelt and touched his forehead to the ground. He also offered prayers at the Hatkeshwar Mahadev Temple here. (Image: Twitter)