Watch Video: PM Modi stuns his audience in Chennai with his Tamil

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who launched the National Handloom Day and India Handloom brand in Chennai on Friday, took his audience by surprise when he begun his address in Tamil. Beginning his speech with "vanakkam", Modi went on to speak two more sentences in Tamil, which were received with a thunderous applause. "Tamil Nadu vanthathil mikka magizhchi. Nesavalar anaivaraiyum kanbathil melum magizhchi (Happy to have come to Tamil Nadu. More happy to have met the weavers).” Watch the video here. Video of ea006U0BnFI Modi conferred the Sant Kabir Award and the National Awards to weavers for their outstanding contribution for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. He also presented the India Handloom mark for the Salem dhoti and Tangail and Tanchoi sarees.

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