Mawphlang: A highly popular and pro-active Prime Minister Narendra Modi never misses to display his lighter side whenever an opportunity comes to him.

PM Modi exhibited this once again shortly upon his arrival in the Mawphlang Village when he tried his hands at drums and interacted with folk dancers at a cultural event organised in his honour by the authorities there in East Khasi hills district of Meghalaya on Saturday morning.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Modi, who is on his maiden visit to the state, also interacted with the locals.

Mawphlang is famous for the forest having an amazing life form of plants, flowering trees, orchids and butterflies -an ideal destination for nature lovers. Prime Minister Modi flagged off new passenger trains for northeast and also laid the foundation stone for a football stadium ‘Ampati’ on Friday.