Updated On: 18 September, 2019 10:32 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
The prime minister also named the saffron-coloured plain tiger butterfly as the state butterfly of Gujarat

A screengrab of the video, posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 69th birthday was celebrated with huge fanfare. Amidst the celebrations, followers were seen donating 69 kg laddoo to a Hanuman temple in Bhopal and 1.25 kg gold crown in another temple in Varanasi. And with reports of Modi meeting his mother Heeraben in Gandhi Nagar and performing a pooja at Kevadia dam, he was also seen releasing butterflies in the park near the dam in a video tweeted by him.
Memorable moments from the Butterfly Garden in Kevadia.
Don’t miss this one. pic.twitter.com/Iyp0YDduus