Here's why PM Modi left for Himalayas at the age of 17

The Humans of Bombay, an online platform for people to share their hidden stories, held an interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who opened up on a number of things in his life which were unheard till date.

In the second part of his interaction released on Instagram, the Prime Minister speaks about how he wanted to do something meaningful in his life, but did not know where to start, until one day he decided to go to Himalayas at the age of 17 with the blessings of his parents.

"I was undecided, unguided and unclear -- I didn’t know where I wanted to go, what I wanted to do and why I wanted to do it. But all I knew, was that I wanted to do something. So I surrendered myself to God and left for the Himalayas at the age of 17. I bid goodbye to my parents as my mother gave me a sweet dish before I left and put a tilak on my forehead to bless my journey," he said.

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The Prime Minister then mentioned that in his early days, he only thought that joining the army was the only way to serve the country before discovering that there are many other things to discover.

"While growing up, I had a lot of curiosity but very little clarity. I would see army men in their uniforms and think that this was the the only way to serve the country. But as my conversations with the saints and sadhus at the railway station grew deeper, I realised that this too was a world worth discovering," PM Modi added.