PM Modi says thank you Varanasi, offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Varanasi, his constituency, offering prayers at the temple of Kashi Vishwanath. The visit came four days after Modi, with a resounding victory of 303 seats in the Lok Sabha, led the BJP to power in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Babatpur via an Indian Air Force aircraft at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport where he was received by BJP President Amit Shah, UP BJP Chief Mahendra Nath Pandey, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Governor Ram Naik and other officials.

From the airport, Modi directly headed towards Police Lines in a chopper. Thereafter, he took the road to proceed towards Kashi Vishwanath temple located in the heart of the city.

As his convoy passed, people standing along the barricaded roads all along the way greeted and cheered for him. Balloons, posters, and cut-outs of the Prime Minister adorned the route.

With Amit Shah and Adityanath by his side, Narendra Modi entered the temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and paid obeisance to the deity as priests recited Sanskrit ‘shlokas’. Narendra Modi is also scheduled to address a gathering of BJP workers in the city, party sources said.