Ahmedabad: President Ram Nath Kovind, arrived here today on a two day visit to Gujarat where he would also meet the Nonagenarian mother of PM Narendra Modi Hiraba.

President Kovind had embarked on a five day visit of three states Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat from October 9 to 13.
He arrived here from Karnataka and left for Rajbhawan in capital Gandhinagar for night halt. He would meet mother of PM in the morning tomorrow. She lives in Raisan area of Gandhinagar with the youngest brother of PM Modi, Pankaj Modi.

The president would then visit the Mahavir Jain Aradhna Kendra in Koba near Raisan in Gandhinagar and take blessings of Jain saint Acharya Padmasagarsuriji there. He would also visit the jain temple, library and mueseum there.

The president had earlier during Maharashtra visit presented colour to the Army Aviation Corps in Nashik and visited the School of Artillery there. In Karnataka he had attended the birth centenary celebrations of Maharaja Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar of Mysore, laid foundation stone for the campus of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research at Varuna Village, Mysuru and visited Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Sansthana in Bengaluru.

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