GORAKHPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first PM to have offered prayers at Kushinagar's Mahaparinirvan Temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.
On Monday, he visited Lumbini in Nepal, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, and returned to Kushinagar in the evening, before travelling to Lucknow where he held a meeting with chief minister Yogi Adityanath and the new cabinet ministers.
