Varanasi, April 28 (HS): State

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National

President Nitin Nabin, who were here to participate in Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's program, paid their respects to Baba Vishwanath, the ruler of Kashi,

today. President Nitin Nabin performed the ritualistic abhishekam of Baba's

holy Jyotirlinga in the temple's sanctum sanctorum and performed the ceremonial

darshan and puja.

On this occasion, on behalf of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, the Chief

Minister presented a memento and Prasad to BJP President Nabin, who had come to

Baba's court for the first time. Present during this time were BJP State

President and Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, along with

Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak, Labor and

Employment Minister Anil Rajbhar, Minister of State for Stamps (Independent

Charge) Ravindra Jaiswal, Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) Dr.

Dayashankar Mishra 'Dayalu', former Minister and MLA Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari, and

Regional President Dilip Patel.

Earlier, the state's Chief Minister

Yogi Adityanath himself welcomed the National President at Babatpur Airport.

From the airport, the BJP President left for darshan at Shri Kashi Vishwanath

Temple under tight security. From Babatpur Airport, he reached Vishwanath

Temple via Shivpur, Atulanand, Police Line Tiraha, Chowkaghat, Lahurabir,

Maidagin. During this, BJP workers kept welcoming him by showering flowers at

various places. BJP workers welcomed him with drums and trumpets at the welcome

points made on the Yatra route from Babatpur Airport to Kashi Vishwanath

Temple.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi