Watch: PM Narendra Modi takes blessings from Mother on 66th birthday

Gandhinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning paid a visit to his mother in Gandhinagar to take blessings as he turns 66.  He touched her feets and then sat along for some time.

Clad in his trademark Kurta-Pyjama attire, PM Modi went to meet his mother in single car, without accompanying carcade or any officials. 

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On eve of PM's birthday, people in Gujarat lit up 989 lamps simultaneously to make a Guinness World Record.

Highlights: 

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 66 on Saturday.

# He paid a special visit to his mother in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

# PM Modi ditched all officials as he went to meet his mother.

# While moving out he greeted residents near his mother's house.

# A Guinness World record has also been made on the eve of his birthday.