Prime Minister Modi pays obeisance to lord Jagannath

PURI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid obeisance to deities at Jagannath temple in Puri.

Modi visited Jagannath temple for the first time after becoming Prime Minister of India.

The servitors and Shree Jagannath Temple Administration welcomed the Prime Minister and took him inside the temple premises to have the darshan of the trinity.

On returning, Modi was presented a ‘Pattachitra’.

After landing at the helipad, he waved his hand to the gathered people by standing on the foot step of his car.

Touched by people's warmth and affection in Puri. pic.twitter.com/e1wMlwP5S5

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 7, 2016