Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday took to Twitter to offer his condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the passing of his mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no loss greater than losing one\u2019s mother,\u201d PM Shehbaz wrote.<\/p>\n
Modi\u2019s mother Heeraben Modi passed away in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n
The Indian premier shared a photo of his late mother on Twitter, adding that \u201ca glorious century rests at the feet of God\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Maa I have always felt that trinity, which contains the journey of an ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi and a life committed to values,\u201d he wrote in his tribute.
\nHe recalled meeting her on her 100th birthday where he remembered her telling him to “always work with intelligence and live life with purity”.<\/p>\n
ccording to Hindustan Times, Modi and his brothers performed the last rites of their mother at a crematorium in Gandhinagar, the capital of the state of Gujarat.<\/p>\n
The Indian premier and his elder brother Somabhai Modi were seen lighting the pyre of their mother as other family members surrounded them, the report said.<\/p>\n
Heeraben was admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad on Wednesday due to ill health. At the time, doctors treating her had said that she was stable and recovering.<\/p>\n
NDTV reported that Heeraben lived with Modi\u2019s younger brother, Pankaj Modi, at Raysan village near Gandhinagar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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