PM Modi Varanasi Visit: PM will release the 17th installment of Samman Nidhi today, will participate in the farmers' conference in Kashi

After becoming the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time, Narendra Modi will reach his parliamentary constituency Varanasi for the first time on Tuesday. PM Modi will participate in the Kisan Samman Sammelan. During this, an amount of more than Rs 20,000 crore will be released as the 17th installment of Samman Nidhi to 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers. During the conference itself, PM Modi will also provide Krishi Sakhi certificates to more than 30,000 women in self-help groups.

After the conference, PM Modi will participate in Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat at 7 pm. At 8 pm, he will worship and visit Kashi Vishwanath Temple. On June 19, at 9:45 am, he will visit the ruins of Nalanda in Bihar. At 10:30 am, he will inaugurate the campus of Nalanda University in Rajgir. The university has been envisioned as a cooperation between India and East Asia Summit (EAS) countries. Many eminent people including heads of missions of 17 countries will attend the ceremony. The new campus of Nalanda has two academic blocks with 40 classrooms. It can accommodate 1,900 people. It has two auditoriums with a capacity of 300 seats.

PM Narendra Modi will watch Ganga Aarti for the fifth time and will worship Ganga

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in Ganga Aarti of the world-famous Dashashwamedh Ghat for the fifth time on Tuesday. He will stay here for 55 minutes. He will worship Ganga for 15 minutes and sit on Modi Mani. At the same time, he will watch Aarti for 40 minutes. Famous astrologer Pt. Chandramouli Upadhyay and nine archaks will perform the puja. 18 girls will be present in the form of Riddhi-Siddhi. During this time, the ghat will be decorated with 10 quintals of flowers. The ghat will be illuminated with lamps.

Ganga Seva Nidhi President Sushant Mishra said that PM Narendra Modi will participate in the Aarti for the fifth time. After Ganga Aarti, the Prime Minister will be honored. He said that he would be given a garland of Rudraksha, a red panda as prasad. The symbol will have a photo of Maa Ganga, a symbol of Aarti, and a picture of the PM.

Flowers brought from Uttarakhand and Kolkata

The aarti sthal of Dashashwamedh Ghat will be decorated with garlands of sunflower, tuberose, jasmine, and marigold flowers. Sushant Mishra said that the flowers had been brought from Uttarakhand and Kolkata in West Bengal.