{"id":38428,"date":"2015-02-11T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38428"},"modified":"2015-02-12T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T14:04:24","slug":"temple-dedicated-to-indian-premier-narendra-modi-as-deity-opens-in-his-home-state-gujerat-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38428","title":{"rendered":"Temple dedicated to Indian Premier Narendra Modi as Deity Opens in his Home State Gujarat on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nBy<\/p>\n<p>Rohit Bhan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rajkot:<\/strong>  A temple dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to officially open in his home state of Gujarat on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_9274.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_9274-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9274.JPG\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>pic coutesy of: BBC Tamil<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The temple, funded by 300 admirers is located in a village 130 miles from Ahmedabad.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is like a God for us and we have been worshipping him for a decade. We want a temple for him in all villages in Gujarat,&#8221; said Ramesh Undhad, who has headed the project to collect funds and construct the temple, which includes an idol of the 64-year-old Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/narendra-modi-temple_650x400_41423649438.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/narendra-modi-temple_650x400_41423649438-600x369.jpg\" alt=\"narendra-modi-temple_650x400_41423649438\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38447\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The temple took a year and seven lakhs to build. The statue of the PM cost around two lakhs, said Mr Unhad, a former local councilor.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Modi swept the national election last year; yesterday, the BJP suffered its first major electoral setback since then when it was trounced in the Delhi election.<\/p>\n<p>The Om Trust that governs the temple says it expects large crowds when the temple opens to the public on Sunday. &#8220;Narendra Modi is an icon for our youth&#8230;he is just like a God for the younger generation and that&#8217;s why we have built this temple,&#8221; said trustee Jayesh Patel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:NDTV.COM<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton38428\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D38428&amp;text=Temple%20dedicated%20to%20Indian%20Premier%20Narendra%20Modi%20as%20Deity%20Opens%20in%20his%20Home%20State%20Gujarat%20on%20Sunday&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rohit Bhan Rajkot: A temple dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to officially open in his home state of Gujarat on Sunday. pic coutesy of: BBC Tamil The temple, funded by 300 admirers is located in a village 130 miles from Ahmedabad. &#8220;He is like a God for us and we have &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Temple dedicated to Indian Premier Narendra Modi as Deity Opens in his Home State Gujarat on Sunday&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38428"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38460,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38428\/revisions\/38460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}