Mr Bill Clinton visited Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in the east Indian city of Calcutta today.
More than 500 people jostled with police to catch a glimpse of the former US President when he was greeted upon his arrival by Sister Nirmala, who heads Mother Teresa's order of nuns.
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A smiling Mr Clinton posed for photographs with Sister Nirmala and waved to the crowd of onlookers and reporters. He drew a loud cheer when he greeted the crowd in the Bengali language.
Mr Clinton spent just over an hour at the building where Mother Teresa lived until she died at the age of 87 on September 5th, 1997.
Teresa, locally known as the saint of the gutters, set up a wide network of charities to help the poor. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Mr Clinton had earlier visited Bhuj in western India, where a devastating earthquake killed some 30,000 people in January.
He also went to India's commercial capital, Bombay, before travelling to Calcutta.
Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee will hold a private meeting with Mr Clinton in New Delhi this evening.