September 17, 2026 12:29 PM
76 priests perform Ganga Aarti in Varanasi on PM Modi’s birthday
A motorcycle journey from Varanasi to Vadnagar in Gujarat is among the special programmes planned here to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday on Thursday, as 76 young priests performed special prayers and milk 'abhishek' of the Ganga seeking his good health and long life. Local BJP MLA and former Uttar Pradesh minister Neelkanth Tiwari led the religious programme, in which 76 "batuks" performed the rituals on the banks of the Ganga amid Vedic chants. The priests performed the wor...