PM Modi's US Visit: Narendra Modi comes out to greet Indians outside hotel

NEW YORK: In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came out of his huge convoy to greet a large number of Indians who had gathered outside his hotel to welcome him on his arrival to the US and were chanting his name.

As a large convoy of vehicles came to the hotel he would be staying here till September 29 before moving to Washington, Modi came out and greeted people who had gathered their in a special enclosure made by local administration.

Modi greeted everyone with a namaste and also waved at the people, while walking across them outside the barricade of the enclosure and then walked inside the hotel.