New Delhi: BJP veteran LK Advani, who turned 90 on Wednesday, was greeted on his birthday by leaders across the political spectrum with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his efforts had richly contributed to building of the party.

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Those who greeted the nonagenarian leader included former PM Manmohan Singh, former president Pranab Mukherjee, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Following are some of the photos of Advani's birthday celebrations:











Advani started his day with customary prayers with his family in the morning. Then he invited visually-impaired children as his 'special guests' to celebrate his birthday at his residence and had breakfast with them.


The BJP veteran personally fed delicacies to the children and ate with them in the foreyard of his residence.


The 90 kids from the Janta Adarsh Blind School were later presented with schoolbags by him.


It was an open house from 10:30 am onwards when the veteran leader met a large number of people.


Advani was born in Karachi.


(With PTI inputs)