Why did PM Narendra Modi skip his daily yoga practice today?

Created: Jan 10, 2017, 10:27 IST | Updated: Jan 10, 2017, 10:43 IST

New Delhi: Most of the people know that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an avid yoga practitioner, and that he starts his day with an hour-long session. But today, he skipped that all important morning ritual because he went to meet his mother, 97-year-old Heeraben.

Skipped Yoga & went to meet mother. Before dawn had breakfast with her. Was great spending time together.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 10, 2017

Heeraben lives in Gandhinagar with her younger son Pankaj, who's a senior Gujarat government officer. Last September, Modi visited his mother to take her blessings on his 66th birthday.

After becoming Prime Minister in May 2014, Modi visited Gandhinagar in September, also on his birthday. At the time, his mother gifted the PM a Bhagavad Gita and Rs 5,001 as per Gujarati tradition. Modi donated that money to the Kashmir flood relief fund.

Skipped Yoga & went to meet mother. Before dawn had breakfast with her. Was great spending time together, Modi tweeted.