PM Modi birthday celebrations in photos: From sand castles to blood donation drives – How India celebrated PM’s 75th birthday

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75^th birthday is being marked with diverse celebrations all over India, ranging from social service initiatives to cultural activities. At Delhi’s Kartavya Path, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her cabinet led a blood donation camp, while in Puri, sand artist Sundarsan Pattnaik created a striking sculpture on the beach. Meanwhile, the 7^th edition of the e-auction of PM Modi’s mementoes started today and will go on till October 2, 2025.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Swasth Nari Shashakt Parivar Abhiyaan’ and inaugurated several development works in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. (Photo source: PTI)

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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta donated the first unit of blood at a camp on Kartavya Path, calling it a tribute to PM Modi’s message of service. (Photo source: PTI)

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Cabinet ministers and volunteers were seen joining the blood donation drive, which is part of the ‘Sewa Pakhwada’ programme. (Photo source: PTI)

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Puri beach was turned into a canvas as Sudarshan Pattnaik made a special sand art for PM Modi’s 75^th birthday. (Photo source: PTI)

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A 75-kg jumbo ‘laddoo’ unveiled by Sulabh International on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, at Palika Park, in New Delhi. (Photo source: PTI)

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Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced the 7^th auction of PM’s mementoes beginning from today. (Photo source: PTI)

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Over 1,300 gifts, including sports memorabilia from Paris Paralympics 2024 athletes, will go under the hammer.  Proceeds of the auction will support the Namami Gange Project, a flagship river rejuvenation mission. (Photo source: PTI)

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Volunteers on the NaMo App launched ‘Seva Parv 2025’, a 15-day digital volunteering initiative that will be observed till October 2. (Photo source: PTI)

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Pilgrims chant religious slogans while carrying masks of PM Modi  on his birthday as they prepare to leave for Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, at Darshani Deodi, Katra, in Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo source: PTI)

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Students of Gyan Ganga Vidyalaya celebrate the birthday of PM Modi by offering roses to the PM’s portrait, in Surat on Wednesday. (Photo source: ANI)

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People visit Kartavya Path, where several programmes will be organised on Wednesday to mark PM Modi’s 75th birthday, in New Delhi. (Photo source: PTI)

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Young men blow ‘shankh’, conch shell, as they perform rituals for PM Modi on his birthday, at Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo source: PTI)