--- title: Indian PM Narendra Modi Auctions Suit Embroidered With His Name description: The suit, which he wore during President Obama's visit, is lavishly embroidered with Modi's own name canonical: https://time.com/3712965/india-modi-suit-auction-embroidered/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-18T08:03:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:30:08.111Z article:section: World og:title: Modi's Suit (Yes That One) Is Being Auctioned og:description: The suit is lavishly embroidered with the Indian Prime Minister's name. og:url: https://time.com/3712965/india-modi-suit-auction-embroidered/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fbc338a02824610/69877fac06f2c168dc334022/rtr4n1wz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Indian Prime Minister Modi, wearing a dark pinstripe suit repeatedly embroidered with the words "Narendra Damodardas Modi", meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Modi's Suit (Yes That One) Is Being Auctioned twitter:description: The suit is lavishly embroidered with the Indian Prime Minister's name. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fbc338a02824610/69877fac06f2c168dc334022/rtr4n1wz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # India's Prime Minister Is Auctioning a Suit With His Name Embroidered All Over It by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Feb 18, 2015 8:03 AM CUT  Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, wearing a dark pinstripe suit embroidered with his name, meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Jan. 25, 2015 Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, wearing a dark pinstripe suit embroidered with his name, meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Jan. 25, 2015Jim Bourg—REUTERS by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Feb 18, 2015 8:03 AM CUT The suit that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore during President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi last month [is set to be auctioned](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/suit-with-a-name-goes-under-the-hammer-for-the-ganga/?SocialMedia "undefined") on Wednesday. The garment attained infamy because it has Modi’s name embroidered all over it in the form of widely spaced pinstripes. The auction will take place in Surat, a city in Modi’s home state Gujarat, and will include 465 items gifted to Modi since he became Prime Minister in May 2014, the _Indian Express_ reports. An Indian industrialist has reportedly already bid the rough equivalent of $160,000 for the suit. Proceeds from the auction will reportedly go to the Clean Ganga project, an initiative to combat the pollution of India’s most sacred river. Some 361 items belonging to Anandiben Patel — Modi’s successor as Gujarat’s chief minister — will also be sold, with the proceeds going toward female education. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3712965/india-modi-suit-auction-embroidered/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3712965/india-modi-suit-auction-embroidered/"},"headline":"India's Prime Minister Is Auctioning a Suit With His Name Embroidered All Over It","datePublished":"2015-02-18T08:03:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:30:08.111Z","description":"Attention, Narendra Modi fans","url":"https://time.com/3712965/india-modi-suit-auction-embroidered/","keywords":["India","Narendra Modi","Auction"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fbc338a02824610/69877fac06f2c168dc334022/rtr4n1wz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fbc338a02824610/69877fac06f2c168dc334022/rtr4n1wz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Indian Prime Minister Modi, wearing a dark pinstripe suit repeatedly embroidered with the words \"Narendra Damodardas Modi\", meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi","caption":"Indian Prime Minister Modi, wearing a dark pinstripe suit repeatedly embroidered with the words \"Narendra Damodardas Modi\", meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi","creditText":"Jim Bourg—REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3712965/india-modi-suit-auction-embroidered/","name":"India's Prime Minister Is Auctioning a Suit With His Name Embroidered All Over It"}}]}] ```