PM Modi debuts on Instagram

Nay Pyi Taw, November 12, 2014 (PTI)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known for his social media prowess, today made his debut on Instagram, sharing a picture from the venue of the ASEAN and EAST Asia summits here. "Hello World! Great being on Instagram. My first photo ...this one from the ASEAN Summit, @Nay Pyi Taw," Modi said in a post on his Twitter account. The photo taken by the Prime Minister was of the giant billboard of the 25th ASEAN Summit and of the golden bordered red carpet leading upto it at the Myanmar International Convention Centre. Within hours of Modi posting his first image on Instagram, the Prime Minister was flooded with



nearly 38,000 followers.

Modi, looking dapper in a dark suit, also posted a picture of himself making the Instagram debut. "At the Summit...captured a glimpse of the venue," Modi tweeted alongside the picture of him taking the photo. Modi posts messages on social media websites like Twitter and Facebook on a regular basis. He is one of the fourth most followed world leaders.

Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video- sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos and share them on a variety of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, and Twitter.