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Now Prime Minister Narendra Modi also has a temple dedicated to him. The temple, at a village in Gujarat's Rajkot, is drawing visitors from neighbouring villages. It took around two years to build the temple and initially had a photograph of Prime Minister Modi. It rose to prominence after his win in the general elections last year. Ramesh Undhad, who donated funds for temple building, said it took nearly four years to get the Prime Minister's idol made. "This idol cost us Rs. 1.65 lakh. We tried getting it made from various artists for over three to four years but no one could make an exact copy of Modi. Then finally we called artists from Odisha and they created this idol, which looks exactly like Modi. Prayers are conducted in this temple in morning and evening and people from the entir