Watch: Former PM Vajpayee’s Ashes Immersed in Ganga in Haridwar
Following immersion in the Ganga, Vajpayee’s ashes will also be immersed in various rivers across the country.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes will be immersed in various rivers across the country, starting with the Ganga in Haridwar on Sunday, 19 August.
BJP President Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat and UP CM Yogi Adityanath took part in the former PM’s 'Asthi Kalash Yatra'. The ashes will be taken to Prem Ashram, then to Har-ki-Pauri for immersion.
The ashes were collected from Smrithi Sthal early Sunday morning by Vajpayee’s daughter and granddaughter Niharika.
One of the most charismatic leaders in independent India, Vajpayee passed away in Delhi on Thursday at the age of 93. He was cremated with full State honours at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in the national capital on Friday.
Yadav said that an all-party prayer meeting for the BJP stalwart will be held in New Delhi on 20 August and another such meeting will be organised in Lucknow on 23 August since Vajpayee's appeal cut across political divides.
Apart from the home minister and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Vajpayee's relatives will attend the Lucknow prayer meeting, he said, adding that the former prime minister's ashes will also be immersed in the Gomati river there.
The prayer meeting in Delhi will be attended by leaders from different political parties and noted citizens, Yadav said.
"His (Vajpayee's) ashes will be immersed in various sacred rivers across the country and the 'asthi kalash' taken to all the districts headquarters and state capitals. Prayer meetings will take place in the state capitals, district headquarters and at the panchayat level," he added.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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