Modi recalled that when he met her on her 100th birthday, she had told him: "work with intelligence and live life with purity".
Modi's elder brother Somabhai Modi said their mother's condition was gradually improving and she had liquid food in the morning.
Abbas was a classmate and friend of Pankaj Modi, the youngest of the Modi siblings.
For the residents of Vrindavan Bungalows-2 Society in Raysan village of Gandhinagar, Hiraben was an epitome of simplicity, who always maintained a low profile despite being Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother.
She deposited the money in the PM-CARES Fund, created by the Centre to help in efforts to contain the spread of the virus and provide relief to those affected by COVID-19, said the PM's younger brother, Pankaj Modi.
Hiraben, also called Hiraba, lived at Raysan village near Gandhinagar city with PM Modi's younger brother Pankaj Modi.
Hiraba, who is over 95 years old, lives with the PM's younger brother Pankaj Modi at Raysan village near Gandhinagar city.
The PM spent around 20 minutes with his mother before heading towards Raj Bhavan, where he would be halting for a night.
With trends showcasing Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance's comfortable victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi on Thursday greeted media outside her residence in Gujarat.
Through a tweet, Modi said he went to meet his mother early Tuesday morning and had breakfast together.
The spectator size too has been reduced to 25,000, officials said.
Heeraben Modi, who had to use the help of a wheel chair and other people to reach the bank, exchanged Rs 4,500.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben, who lives in Brahmanwada village of Unjha town of Mehsana district in Gujarat has been given round-the-clock police protection by the Mehasana police.
The PM appealed to people to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise.
The voting for the second and final phase of Gujarat assembly elections is underway for 93 seats of North and Central Gujarat.
Modi visited his 97-year-old mother Hiraba in Gandhinagar and took her blessings.
At the Facebook townhall, Modi again showed a side of him that is at odds with his tough-as-nails public persona.
Congress on Friday downplayed Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, while the Samajwadi Party said his "dream will never come true".
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