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World|art & entertainment|March 18, 2016 / 01:22 PM
Indian Prime Minister Modi finds a place at Madame Tussauds

AKIPRESS.COM - madame-tussauds Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the ranks of prominent global leaders at Madame Tussauds in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok next month, the world famous wax museum announced on Wednesday.

Describing him as a “hugely important figure in world politics”, the museum said the Indian Prime Minister had given the museum’s team of artists and experts a sitting at his residence in New Delhi earlier this year.

“Madame Tussauds has crafted figures of very distinguished dignitaries from around the world — how could I regard myself worthy of being alongside them? But when I was informed that your decision had emanated from public opinion and public sentiment, I was comforted,” Mr. Modi said in a statement to the museum.

The wax figures at each of the museum’s locations around Europe and Asia will be dressed in Mr. Modi’s “signature kurta” in cream with a jacket and he will be featured in a traditional pose “making a namaste gesture”.

"His massive social media presence — he is currently the second most followed politician on twitter after President Obama — also confirms the intense interest the public have in him, a fact supported by the requests our guests have made for us to create his figure," said museum spokesperson Kieran Lancini.

"We are delighted to be including the Prime Minister’s figure in our attractions in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok,” he said.

Each figure took a team of Madame Tussauds’ artists four months and cost around 150,000 pounds to create.

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