Varanasi, May 17: NDA prime minister-designate Narendra Modi has arrived at Dashashwamedh Ghat to take part in the Ganga Aarti.
Prominent leaders of the BJP like party president, Rajnath Singh, and Modi-right-hand man, Amit Shah are accompanying him at the Dashashwamedh Ghat.
Earlier, Modi landed at Varanasi’s Babatpur Airport and then headed to perform ‘rudrabhishek puja’ of Lord Shiva at Kashi Vishwanath temple .
Heavy security has been deployed at the ‘Ghat’ to tame the huge crowds who have already assembled.
There was a bomb explosion in the area in 2010 which had killed two persons and left several others injured.