Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 69^th birthday was celebrated with huge fanfare. Amidst the celebrations, followers were seen donating 69 kg laddoo to a Hanuman temple in Bhopal and 1.25 kg gold crown in another temple in Varanasi. And with reports of Modi meeting his mother Heeraben in Gandhi Nagar and performing a pooja at Kevadia dam, he was also seen releasing butterflies in the park near the dam in a video tweeted by him.

Memorable moments from the Butterfly Garden in Kevadia.

Don’t miss this one. pic.twitter.com/Iyp0YDduus

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2019

At the Kevadia butterfly garden which is 193km away from Ahmedabad, he was seen gleefully releasing butterflies and also reportedly named the saffron-coloured plain tiger butterfly as the state butterfly. Modi, who spent the day in his home state of Gujarat, also visited the cactus garden during his visit to the Statue of Unity, visited the Ekta nursery where traditional eco-friendly products are manufactured and saw a live demonstration of its production process.