 "PM Modi pays tribute Swaminarayan's Pramukh Swami in Gujarat")
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Gujarat on Monday to pay tribute to Swaminarayan sect's spiritual head Pramukh Swami, whose mortal remains have been kept at a temple in Sarangpur near Bhavnagar.
?The mortal remains of the head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan (BAPS) Swaminarayan Sanstha have been kept at the temple till August 17 to enable devotees and citizens to have a final glimpse of the ?95-year old spiritual leader.
Modi arrived in Sarangpur, located in adjoining Botad district this afternoon. Gujarat's ?Deputy ?C?hief ?M?inister Nitin Patel along with ?Chief ?M?inister Vijay Rupani paid their tributes on Sunday.
Aam Aadmi Party?'s ?national convener and Delhi ?Chief ?M?inister Arvind Kejriwal would also visit the temple on August 16.
Pramukh Swami, who was ailing for some time, died on Saturday evening at the Sarangpur temple, where he was undergoing medical treatment.
Former finance minister Saurabh Patel and Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela of Congress were also among those, who paid their respects to the popular religious leader, who enjoyed a wide following.
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