Teary-eyed PM Modi carries mortal remains of his late mother Heeraben | Watch

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Dec
30:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
carried
the
mortal
remains
of
his
mother
Heeraban,
who
passed
away
around
3:30
am
on
Friday
in
Ahmedabad.

A
bulletin
from
the
UN
Mehta
Institute
of
Cardiology
and
Research
Centre,
where
she
was
admitted
on
Wednesday
after
her
health
deteriorated,
informed
the
news
of
her
demise.

“Heeraben
Modi
passed
away
on
30/12/2022
at
3.30
am
during
the
treatment
at
U
N
Mehta
Heart
Hospital”,
the
medical
bulletin
said.

PM
Modi
said
”a
great
journey
of
100
years” has
ended
with
his
mother’s
demise.
”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
life
dedicated
to
values,”
Modi
tweeted.

The
life
of
Heeraben
Modi:
Source
of
PM
Modi’s
inspiration
and
her
early
struggles

”When
I
met
her
on
her
100th
birthday
she
told
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.

Heeraben,
also
called
Hiraba,
lived
at
Raysan
village
near
Gandhinagar
city
with
PM
Modi’s
younger
brother
Pankaj
Modi.
The
prime
minister
regularly
visited
Raysan
and
spent
time
with
his
mother
during
most
of
his
Gujarat
visits.