Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s school teacher, Sombhai Patel, fondly remembered how he honoured his teachers in 2005 after becoming the Gujarat CM. In a video, Patel mentioned the respect and affection that Modi has for his Gurus.
It is humbling to note the respect and affection that Narendra Modi has for his Gurus.
His school teacher Sombhai Patel fondly remembers how Modi honoured his teachers in 2005 after becoming the Gujarat CM!
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Patel said, “In 2005, Narendrabhai, for all his school teachers, had organized a programme in Ahmedabad called the Guru Vandana. He had invited around 27 teachers. He walked up to every teacher and addressed them by their names, bowed down in front of them, garlanded them, and honored all the teachers.”
According to Somnath Patel, then Gujarat Governor, Pt. Nawal Kishore Sharma, who was the chief guest, had said that it was an extraordinary program which never happened anywhere in India before. “The Governor said that Narendrabhai has organized this program to honoured his teachers. Such a program is unseen and unheard of in the entire country,” Shri Somnath Patel added.
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