As Houston gets ready to host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a grand event at the Texas capitals landmark NRG Stadium, which is expected to be attended by 50,000 people, the Indian-American community is gearing up to show its support, the media reported. Titled "Howdy Modi!", the event on September 22, hosted by the Texas India Forum, is being promoted as a community summit. It is expected to be the biggest ever gathering of Indian-Americans in the US, The American Bazaar reported on Thursday.

Besides Modi's remarks, special cultural programmes were being planned to reflect the US-India cultural ties with a tagline, "Shared Dreams, Bright Futures". According to organisers, the event, billed as the biggest diaspora event ever addressed by Modi abroad, the live audience will be the largest for an Indian Prime Minister in North America and the largest for a foreign leader visiting the US, other than the Pope. Neeraj Singh, a student who was born and brought up in the US, is planning to attend the event.