While addressing Indian community in California he said, “We are from the county where Buddha and Gandhi were born.”
Soon after the statement, Modi said that Siddharth Gautama was born in Nepal and he became Buddha in Bodh Gaya.
The sandalwood gifted by Home Minister Shah was handed over to the main priest of Pashupatinath Temple, Ganesh Bhatta, in coordination with the House of Representatives member Sandeep Rana.