Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday made his Instagram debut with a picture of the venue of the 25th ASEAN Summit here.
After sharing his first post on the online mobile photo-sharing site, he tweeted: "Hello World! Great being on Instagram. My first photo... this one from the ASEAN Summit. @ Nay Pyi Taw... http://instagram.com/p/vSUOhVM_wX/"
He was welcomed on the site by his followers.
"Welcome to Instagram sir, wish you a great day," said one follower.
Another follower wrote: "Happy to see the world through your eyes."
The tech-savvy prime minister has 7.79 million followers on his twitter account @narendramodi, and 3.43 million so far on the Prime Minister's Office account of @PMOIndia.
He will be attending the 12th ASEAN-India Summit here Wednesday and also meet heads of state and government of several countries on the sidelines of the multilateral event.
He is one a three-nation tour to Myanmar, Australia and Fiji. He arrived on a two-day visit to Myanmar Nov 11.
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