India, Sept. 18 -- More than 1,300 items gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including an exquisitely crafted statue of Goddess Bhavani, an Ayodhya Ram Temple model and sporting memorabilia from the 2024 Paralympic Games, have been put up for an e-auction that began on Wednesday, officials said. The start of the seventh edition of the online auction coincides with the birthday of Modi, who turned 75 on Wednesday. The e-auction will continue till October 2. According to the PM Mementos website, the base price of the statue of Goddess Bhavani is '1,03,95,000, while that of the model of the Ram temple is '5.5 lakh.
Culture ministry officials on Tuesday said these two items, along with three pairs of shoes of Paralympics medallists, each p...