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

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