Narendra Modi seeks blessing from his mother

90 year old Hiraben blesses her son and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi at her home in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)

90 year old Hiraben blesses her son and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi at her home in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014.The top official in Gujarat state for over a decade, Modi often contrasted his humble roots with the posh background of his main rival, 43 year old Rahul Gandhi, heir to India's most powerful political dynasty. As the career politician led his party through a dazzling, high tech election campaign, Modi called voters' attention to his mother riding a three wheeled auto rickshaw to cast her ballot earlier this month. I am the chief minister of a prosperous state ... And my 90 year old mother goes to vote in an auto rickshaw, the white bearded Modi boasted, punching a fist through the air as he claimed his place by India's poor masses.

90 year old Hiraben marks the forehead of her son and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi with vermillion as a sign of blessing in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014.

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering as he sits with his 90 year old mother Hiraben in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014.

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering at the home of his 90 year old mother in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014.The top official in Gujarat state for over a decade, Modi often contrasted his humble roots with the posh background of his main rival, 43 year old Rahul Gandhi, heir to India's most powerful political dynasty.

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering at the home of his 90 year old mother in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. As the career politician led his party through a dazzling, high tech election campaign, Modi called voters' attention to his mother riding a three wheeled auto rickshaw to cast her ballot earlier this month. I am the chief minister of a prosperous state ... And my 90 year old mother goes to vote in an auto rickshaw, the white bearded Modi boasted, punching a fist through the air as he claimed his place by India's poor masses. (AP Photo)

Opposition leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi listens to his 90 year old mother Hiraben during a visit to seek her blessings after preliminary results showed his party winning by a landslide, in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. The 63 year old Modi is widely seen as the darling of India's corporate world and a decisive, 21st century administrator expected to revive job creation and economic growth. (AP)

A man pours tea from a kettle with a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi, outside the BJP party office in New Delhi, Friday, May 16, 2014. India's next prime minister is the son of a poor tea seller who has long set his sights on the highest elected office in the world's largest democracy. The top official in Gujarat state for over a decade, Modi often contrasted his humble roots with the posh background of his main rival, 43 year old Rahul Gandhi, heir to India's most powerful political dynasty. (AP Photo)

A photograph of Congress party vice president and political rival Rahul Gandhi looms in the background as India's main opposition and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi greets supporters as he moves on a vehicle to submit his nomination papers in Varanasi, India, Thursday, April 24, 2014.