PM Narendra Modi will begin his annual ritual of 'nakkoda' fasting that he has been observing every navratri for the past 35 years — nine days of drinking only water and strict adherence to yoga, meditation and puja at dusk — a day before he leaves for a five-day visit to the US on September 26. Modi fasts on both navratris — spring and autumn. The act, he has said in his book, Saakshibhav and in his blog, is his yearly self-purification exercise that gives him strength and ability to with 'Ambe ma' every night.
This time the fast coincides with the banquets that US President Barack Obama and the diaspora community may lay out for him during his stay there. It is believed that Obama will host one on September 29 evening. The NRIs too have organised a publicised reception for him at the Madison Square Gardens on September 28. "The Gujarat navaratri permits you to have a vrat thaali with sabudhaana items but Modiji believes in a stricter form of penance," said one of his close aides.
This time the fast coincides with the banquets that US President Barack Obama and the diaspora community may lay out for him during his stay there. It is believed that Obama will host one on September 29 evening. The NRIs too have organised a publicised reception for him at the Madison Square Gardens on September 28. "The Gujarat navaratri permits you to have a vrat thaali with sabudhaana items but Modiji believes in a stricter form of penance," said one of his close aides.
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