Sikkim's prayer wheel to a silver Ram idol from Karnataka: PM Modi's gifts go under the hammer for the Ganga
Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said at the launch in New Delhi that the scheme rests on a simple principle that PM Modi believes "what the country has given him is not his to keep," and that the gifts must therefore be returned to the people, with the proceeds going toward cleaning the Ganga.
Hindustan Times2 sources1 min readFiled October 7, 2026