Pictures: When 103-year-old woman tied rakhi to PM Narendra Modi

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Raksha Bandhan: Sharbati Devi ties rakhi to PM Narendra Modi
Raksha Bandhan: Sharbati Devi ties rakhi to PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi : As India celebrated Raksha Bandhan on Monday, a 103-year-old woman tied rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with school kids at his residence in New Delhi.

Women and children from various segments of society visited Modi at his residence and tied rakhis on his wrist.

Identified as Sharbati Devi was invited to PM Modi's residence on request of her son who had written a letter mentioning about how she is missing her brother very much.

Schoolchildren and members of the Koli community tied rakhis on the wrist of President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Children, attired in colourful traditional outfits as also in school uniform, greeted the President along with a delegation of 116 women and 27 men, representing the Gujarat Koli Samaj.

Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee and Farah Khan wished their siblings and fans a year full of love and happiness on the occasion.

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