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temple that was built and named to honour India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have to be renamed. Supporters of India's leader had hoped to inaugurate Narendra Modi Temple on Sunday in leader's home state of Gujurat, but they have had to abandon idea due to Mr Modi's opposition to it. leader was said to have been horrified by idea of temple in his name. His supporters have already unveiled statue of Modi, which has him in seated position under the symbol of his political party BJP. Modi tweeted: "I was appalled. This is shocking and against India's great traditions. Building such temples is not what our culture teaches us."

There is now discussion going on regarding what to do with temple and statue. Some supporters have suggested replacing statue of Mr Modi with the figure of Hindu god. Others insist Modi's statue remains as leader is still worthy of being honoured. Paresh Rawal, edible oil trader who donated land for the temple, said: "We love Modi and worship him because he is finest leader we have ever had." Another supporter, Ramesh Undhad, told the AFP news agency: "We believe he is incarnation of God as after he became chief minister of Gujarat, things changed for the better." Modi suggested people should use their time and resources in working towards cleaner India.