<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today on a whirlwind six-hour visit to Sydney on the second leg of his four-city tour of Australia.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Modi, who arrived here from Brisbane after attending the G20 Summit, will proceed to Canberra tonight and later to Melbourne.<br /><br />"Modi fever grips Sydney," said a headline in the Canberra Times.<br />"The city will get a dose of Modi-mania when the Indian Prime Minister makes a quick-fire, high-energy visit."<br /><br />Modi is the first prime minister to visit Australia in 28 years after Rajiv Gandhi in 1986.<br />More than 16,000 members of the Indian diaspora will pack Allphones Arena at Olympic Park here to listen Modi at a community reception. About 5,000 more are expected to be watching the evening event on big screens outside.<br /><br />"Looks like it's gonna be India day in Sydney," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.<br /><br />"Enthusiasm builds in Sydney. Even before PM ends Brisbane leg, excitement builds up at Sydney event," another tweet said yesterday.<br /><br />More than 200 Modi fans left Melbourne on a specially a chartered train dubbed the "Modi Express" to attend Modi's speech at Allphones Arena this evening. <br /></p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today on a whirlwind six-hour visit to Sydney on the second leg of his four-city tour of Australia.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Modi, who arrived here from Brisbane after attending the G20 Summit, will proceed to Canberra tonight and later to Melbourne.<br /><br />"Modi fever grips Sydney," said a headline in the Canberra Times.<br />"The city will get a dose of Modi-mania when the Indian Prime Minister makes a quick-fire, high-energy visit."<br /><br />Modi is the first prime minister to visit Australia in 28 years after Rajiv Gandhi in 1986.<br />More than 16,000 members of the Indian diaspora will pack Allphones Arena at Olympic Park here to listen Modi at a community reception. About 5,000 more are expected to be watching the evening event on big screens outside.<br /><br />"Looks like it's gonna be India day in Sydney," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.<br /><br />"Enthusiasm builds in Sydney. Even before PM ends Brisbane leg, excitement builds up at Sydney event," another tweet said yesterday.<br /><br />More than 200 Modi fans left Melbourne on a specially a chartered train dubbed the "Modi Express" to attend Modi's speech at Allphones Arena this evening. <br /></p>