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Modi-mania appears to have taken a U-turn of late. The Patel community and student bodies in UK are already prepared to protest against him before his arrival. And Nepal, among the first countries that he visited as Prime Minister and a place where he was considered immensely popular, seems to have turned on him, thanks to New Delhi's big brotherly approach.

In October, there was a satirical puja (Chyama Puja) held at the Pashupatinath shrine in Kathmandu to wash away Modi's sins of imposing a blockade on Nepal. The star of the this event was a Nepalese stand-up comedian, Manoj Gujarel who is a Modi impersonator and has been satirising him for over a year now. Gajurel, a good mimic of Modi's style of speaking, with the long exhales at the end of his words and sentences, generates maximum laughs from his audience because of his impressions. Gajurel impersonates other people too like the King Gyanendra and Prachanda but his Modi mimicry are the most popular.

In an interview to Nepali Times in December 2014 Gajurel said, that he was inspired to take on the Modi avatar after the Indian PM’s Nepal visit in August. He also admitted that impersonating Modi has been his most difficult act so far and he had to spend a lot of time going over clips of Modi's speeches to get a hang of his mannerisms.

The video above is from the puja at the shrine. Here Gajurel jokes about India's hypocrisy with regards Nepal.

Gajurel also rode a bicycle as an extended joke on the grim fuel situation in Nepal. The video later shows Gajurel taking questions about his decisions on Nepal, answering with the same sort of philosophical innuendo Modi is known for dishing out.

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The comedian has toured many countries in his Modi avatar. The video below is among his first performances as India's Prime Minister. Here he jokes about the height of the Nepali people, Sonia Gandhi's saris and Sushil Koirala's beard.

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