#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define REP(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(n);i++)
#define ALL(v) v.begin(),v.end()
#define debug(a) cerr<<#a<<":"<<a<<endl;
#define debug2(a,b) cerr<<"("<<#a<<","<<#b<<"):("<<a<<","<<b<<")"<<endl;
#define debug3(a,b,c) cerr<<"("<<#a<<","<<#b<<","<<#c<<"):("<<a<<","<<b<<","<<c<<")"<<endl;
#define debug4(a,b,c,d) cerr<<"("<<#a<<","<<#b<<","<<#c<<","<<#d<<"):("<<a<<","<<b<<","<<c<<","<<d<<")"<<endl;

template<typename T>
istream& operator>>(istream&is,vector<T>&v){
  for(T&p:v)is>>p;
  return is;
}
template<typename T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream&os,const vector<T>&v){
  if(&os==&cerr)os<<"[";
  for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++){
    os<<v[i];
    if(i+1<v.size())os<<(&os==&cerr?",":" ");
  }
  if(&os==&cerr)os<<"]";
  return os;
}

template<typename T,T MOD=998244353>
struct Mint{
  inline static constexpr T mod = MOD;
  T v;
  Mint():v(0){}
  Mint(signed v):v(v){}
  Mint(long long t){v=t%MOD;if(v<0)v+=MOD;}

  Mint pow(long long k){
    Mint res(1),tmp(v);
    while(k){
      if(k&1)res*=tmp;
      tmp*=tmp;
      k>>=1;
    }
    return res;
  }

  static Mint add_identity(){return Mint(0);}
  static Mint mul_identity(){return Mint(1);}

  Mint inv(){return pow(MOD-2);}

  Mint& operator+=(Mint a){v+=a.v;if(v>=MOD)v-=MOD;return *this;}
  Mint& operator-=(Mint a){v+=MOD-a.v;if(v>=MOD)v-=MOD;return *this;}
  Mint& operator*=(Mint a){v=1LL*v*a.v%MOD;return *this;}
  Mint& operator/=(Mint a){return (*this)*=a.inv();}

  Mint operator+(Mint a) const{return Mint(v)+=a;}
  Mint operator-(Mint a) const{return Mint(v)-=a;}
  Mint operator*(Mint a) const{return Mint(v)*=a;}
  Mint operator/(Mint a) const{return Mint(v)/=a;}

  Mint operator+() const{return *this;}
  Mint operator-() const{return v?Mint(MOD-v):Mint(v);}

  bool operator==(const Mint a)const{return v==a.v;}
  bool operator!=(const Mint a)const{return v!=a.v;}

  static Mint comb(long long n,int k){
    Mint num(1),dom(1);
    for(int i=0;i<k;i++){
      num*=Mint(n-i);
      dom*=Mint(i+1);
    }
    return num/dom;
  }

  friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&os,const Mint &m){os<<m.v;return os;}
  friend istream& operator>>(istream&is,Mint &m){is>>m.v;m.v%=MOD;if(m.v<0)m.v+=MOD;return is;}
};
using ll=long long;
using mint=Mint<ll,1000000007>;

struct A{
  map<pair<int,int>,mint> a,b;
  A()=default;
  A(map<pair<int,int>,mint> a,map<pair<int,int>,mint> b):a(a),b(b){}
};

int main(){
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(nullptr);
  int h,w;cin>>h>>w;
  vector<string> s(h);
  cin>>s;
  if(s[0][0]!=s.back().back()){
    cout<<0<<endl;
    return 0;
  }
  //debug(h);
  queue<A> que,nxt;
  map<pair<int,int>,mint> a,b;
  a[{0,0}]=b[{h-1,w-1}]=1;
  que.emplace(a,b);
  int aa=0,bb=h-1+w-1;

  vector<map<pair<int,int>,mint>> av(26),bv(26);
  while(bb-aa>1){
    while(que.size()){
      auto&[a,b]=que.front();
      for(auto it=a.begin();it!=a.end();it=a.erase(it)){
        const auto&[y,x]=it->first;
        if(y+1<h)av[s[y+1][x]-'a'][{y+1,x}]+=it->second;
        if(x+1<w)av[s[y][x+1]-'a'][{y,x+1}]+=it->second;
      }
      for(auto it=b.begin();it!=b.end();it=b.erase(it)){
        const auto&[y,x]=it->first;
        if(y)bv[s[y-1][x]-'a'][{y-1,x}]+=it->second;
        if(x)bv[s[y][x-1]-'a'][{y,x-1}]+=it->second;
      }
      REP(i,26){
        if(av[i].size() and bv[i].size())
          nxt.emplace(av[i],bv[i]);
        av[i].clear();bv[i].clear();
      }
      que.pop();
    }
    aa++;bb--;
    swap(que,nxt);
  }

  mint ans=0;
  while(que.size()){
    auto [a,b]=que.front();que.pop();
    for(const auto&[yx,val]:a){
      if(aa==bb)ans+=val*b[yx];
      else{
        const auto&[y,x]=yx;
        ans+=val*(b[{y+1,x}]+b[{y,x+1}]);
      }
    }
  }
  cout<<ans<<endl;
}