Madison Square gets ‘Modi-fied’ as Narendra Modi woos Indians in the US 11 Photos . Updated: 29 Sep 2014, 12:18 PM IST Livemint Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rock star reception from the thousands who were there at a packed Madison Square Garden in New York. Crowd began assembling hours in advance to hear Modi at the venuea huge indoor stadium generally used for music concerts and sporting events. 1/11A crowd of US-based supporters await the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a community reception on 28 September, 2014 at Madison Square Garden in New York. AFP 2/11A supporter holds up US and Indian national flags as a large crowd assembles in Times Square to watch the speech by PM Narendra Modi simulcast on a giant screen in New York. Reuters 3/11PM Narendra Modi addressing the audience at Madison Square. Madison Square is home to the New York Knicks basketball team, and it was here that John Lennon played his last concert & Muhammad Ali fought his first bout against Joe Frazier. PTI 4/11A painter reacts as he creates a portrait of Narendra Modi before he was scheduled to speak at Madison Square. Reuters 5/11Artists performing the ‘garba’ during the reception for PM Narendra Modi. PTI 6/11Singer Kavitha Krishnamurthy performs at the Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday.PTI 7/11The US visit by PM Modi also witnessed protests by some groups. The Members of Alliance for Justice and Accountability hold a protest outside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. PTI 8/11Prime Minister Narendra Modi also earlier spoke at the Global Citizen Festival at Great Lawn, Central Park in New York, USA on Saturday. PTI 9/11PM Modi with Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman at the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park in New York on Saturday. PTI 10/11Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on 27 September, 2014. AFP 11/11Prime Minister also addressed the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 27 September. The speech, which took a little more than 30 minutes, dwelt on the themes of terrorism, multilateralism and peace with Pakistan besides reforms in the UN. AP