Although the weather did not seem to side with him, thousands of people gathered at the venue, braving the heavy rain to see their leader accept the award on the National Day.
During the meeting on Tuesday evening, PM Modi expressed gratitude to PM Ramgoolan for Mauritius' decision to confer upon him the 'Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.'
"70 per cent of our population has your DNA!" he said, adding that it is only natural to have such good and flourishing ties between the two countries."