Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar, Gujarat: PM at silver jubilee celebrations of Akshardham temple; see spectacular photos

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Gandhinagar. PM Modi participated in the silver jubilee celebrations of Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple. The temple was built by late Pramukh Swami Maharaj. PM Modi inaugurated the Mayur Dwar (a new entrance) also performed puja at Abhishek Sthal. (ANI)

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Akshardham' means the divine abode of God. This complex was inaugurated on October 30, 1992. (Twitter/BJP)

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PM Narendra Modi looked up to Pramukh Swami Maharaj as a father figure. In 2016, on his demise, Modi paid tributes to him in Gandhinagar.(Twitter/BJP)

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PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar on its silver jubilee celebrations. (ANI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a special connect with this temple. This year in April, the Prime Minister had paid an emotional tribute to spiritual guru and head of BAPS of Swaminarayan sect Pramukh Swami who died at the sect’s temple in Sarangpur in Botad district. Modi had expressed grief through his tweets over Swami’s death.(ANI)

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PM Modi attends cultural function at the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar. (ANI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with priests of Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple. (Twitter/BJP)

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Prime Minister will have an interaction with religious figures of Bochasanwasi Shri Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, before he flies back to Delhi.