The crowd cheered him and hailed him as a leader. Modi came, saw and conquered. He visited the Lord Jagannath Temple and spent some time inside the temple. He paid obeisance to the deities at the Garba Gruha.
PM Modi also stunned the people in Odisha, when he reciprocated Asha Karmi Jamuna Mani Singh by bowing down before her with folded hands. It was a fitting reply for those who always termed Modi a “dictator”, “arrogant”, “intolerant” and “egoist”.