Varanasi congratulates Modi with spectacular Ganga aarti today

May 26, 2014 20:26

Ganga aarti in Varanasi for Narendra Modi. Modi had received a rapturous welcome in Varanasi when he visited his constituency in a show of gratitude, a day after the BJPs resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections on May 16.

Modi participated in a grand Ganga aarti at the famed Dashashwamedh Ghat and said, "I bow before the people of Varanasi for having so much faith in me."

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