Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben (99) passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on early Friday.
A bulletin from the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, where she was admitted on Wednesday after her health deteriorated, informed the news of her demise.
"Heeraben Modi passed away on 30/12/2022 at 3.30 am during the treatment at U N Mehta Heart Hospital,” the medical bulletin said.
The Prime Minister flew to Ahmedabad at around 6 am. After which, Heeraben's mortal remains consigned to flames by her son PM Narendra Modi and his brothers at a crematorium in Gandhinagar.
In tribute to his mother, PM Modi says glorious century rests at God's feet.
"Always remember what my mother told me at her 100th birthday that 'work with wisdom and live with purity'," said PM Modi.
Prior to the cremation, the Modi family requested people to continue with their scheduled work, saying it would be a befitting tribute to her.
“We thank everyone for their prayers in these tough times. It is our humble request to everyone to keep the departed soul in their thoughts and continue with their pre-decided schedule and commitments. That would be a befitting tribute to Heeraba,” family sources said.
Modi will himself attend several development programmes in West Bengal though video-conferencing.
PM Modi had reached Ahmedabad from Delhi on Wednesday afternoon and visited the hospital to meet his mother. He had remained at the hospital for more than an hour and had also spoken to doctors at the hospital, a government-funded autonomous medical facility.
Heeraben, also called Heeraba, lived at Raysan village near Gandhinagar city with PM Modi's younger brother Pankaj Modi. The prime minister regularly visited Raysan and spent time with his mother during most of his Gujarat visits.
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