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Prayer Meet For PM Narendra Modi's Mother Hiraben At Gujarat's Vadnagar Today

Hiraben passed away during treatment at U N Mehta Heart Hospital. Her last rites were performed at a crematorium in Gandhinagar in the presence of PM Narendra Modi.

New Delhi: A prayer meet will be organised in memory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Hiraben on Sunday at the PM's birthplace Vadnagar in Gujarat. Hiraben passed away at 100 in Ahmedabad early Friday morning.

The "besnu" or prayer meet for Hiraben Damodardas Modi will be held at Vadnagar in Mehsana district on January 1 between 9 AM and noon, as per an advertisement issued by her family members in a Gujarati newspaper on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.

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Hiraben passed away during treatment at U N Mehta Heart Hospital. Her last rites were performed at a crematorium in Gandhinagar in the presence of PM Narendra Modi, his brothers, and other family members.

After her death, the Prime Minister tweeted that a great journey of 100 years has come to an end.

"I have witnessed three qualities in mother, a journey like that of a tapasvi (saint), a selfless worker and a life dedicated to values.

"When I met her on her 100th birthday she told me one thing which I always remember. 'Kam karo buddhi thi, jivan jivo suddhi thi' (work using your brain and live life with purity)," he tweeted. 

She is survived by five sons -- PM Modi and his brothers Somabhai, Amrutbhai, Prahladbhai and Pankajbhai -- and daughter Vasantiben.

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