Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday offered condolences to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the death of his mother Hiraben.
"I offer you my condolences, I am currently staying in Bodh Gaya and I will pray for her. Your mother lived to a good age of 99. She must have been proud to see her son rise to the position of Prime Minister of this great country," he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by his office in Dharamsala. Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. She was 99.
