New Delhi: For over a decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed his Diwali celebration into a national ritual, choosing to celebrate the festival of lights with the nation’s armed forces at its most challenging frontiers, plains or mountains. This unique tradition reached a new height this year as the Prime Minister spent the festival of lights with Navy personnel aboard the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, off Goa and Karwar coasts on Monday.

Addressing the sailors and officers on the deck of the formidable warship, PM Modi reaffirmed the core message of his annual pilgrimage: That the men and women in uniform are his “family.”

“It has become a habit of mine to celebrate Diwali with my family, and that’s why every year I come to celebrate Diwal

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