DAINIK NATION BUREAU
Souvenirs gifted to Modi are up for grabs at a two-day auction (began Sunday) here at National Modern Art Gallery Received funds will go to govt’s Namami Gange project
Website pmmementos.gov.in has been created to display and e-auction the mementos
Two most expensive gifts are a Rs 35,000 photo frame gifted at Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha conference in Assam and a 2.22-kg silver plate (priced Rs 30,000), gifted by BJP ex-MP C Narasimhan
Among cheapest are a small Lord Vishnu silver idol for Rs 1,000 and a Rs 2,000 blue brocade shawl with tassels
Only gold-plated gift is a 4.76-kg Radha-Krishna idol (with Rs 20,000 initial price), gifted by Mandvi Nagar Palika, Surat