Rajkot, Gujarat: Indian prime minister and political face of Hindutva, Narendra Modi, has a new home now as his fans in his home state of Gujarat have built a temple for him. The temple, with a bust of Narendra Modi in it is reportedly raised at Kothariya road in Rajkot (Gujarat). It would be inaugurated on February 16.
“It is a first of its kind in Gujarat, temple of a living person,” said Jayesh Patel, leader of Om Yuva Group.
More than 350 members of the group joined hands to construct it by collecting small donations and now planned to conduct daily worship there, he said.
“Members of our organisation have been worshiping Narendra Modi as ‘god’ from the time he contested his first Assembly election from Rajkot and became the Chief Minister of Gujarat,” Patel said.
“We are very much impressed by the work he did as the Chief Minister and the work he is doing now as the Prime Minister, so we decided to construct a temple for him. Members are hoping to get a BJP minister from the Centre or the state to inaugurate it.
The group members were unfazed by the BJP’s defeat in Delhi assembly elections and they had nothing do with any political party, said Patel.