evidence: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi, passed away early Friday morning at the hospital where she was receiving treatment for age-related complications. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived at Ahmedabad to bid adieu to his mother Heeraben Modi, who passed away at the age of 99. After paying his last respects to his mother at her Gandhinagar residence, PM Modi carried the mortal remains to take the body to crematorium. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed about her mother's demise through social media as he paid fond tributes. The prime minister said that he always felt in her the presence of a trinity combining an ascetic's journey, a selfless doer and a life committed to values. PM Modi recalled that when he met her on her 100th birthday, she had told him: "work with intelligence and live life with purity".