📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Sneha G Gupta
Politics
Gujarat to Light 76,000 Diyas and Donate Cows on PM Modi’s 76th Birthday
✍️ The Indian Express
🗓 17 Sep 2026, 02:37 AM
👁 8
Gujarat will commemorate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday by lighting 76,000 diyas and organizing cow donations across the state.
The Gujarat state administration announced that it will mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday with two symbolic programmes.
One initiative involves lighting 76,000 diyas in public spaces, temples and private homes, a number chosen to echo the Prime Minister’s age.
A second programme will facilitate the donation of cows, encouraging residents to contribute bovine livestock as part of the celebration.
State officials said the measures are intended to honour the milestone birthday while reflecting Gujarat’s cultural traditions and the government’s support for agrarian values.
Local bodies have been asked to coordinate the lighting and donation drives to ensure broad participation across the state.
One initiative involves lighting 76,000 diyas in public spaces, temples and private homes, a number chosen to echo the Prime Minister’s age.
A second programme will facilitate the donation of cows, encouraging residents to contribute bovine livestock as part of the celebration.
State officials said the measures are intended to honour the milestone birthday while reflecting Gujarat’s cultural traditions and the government’s support for agrarian values.
Local bodies have been asked to coordinate the lighting and donation drives to ensure broad participation across the state.