Stage set for 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in Varanasi: NRIs to watch Ganga Aarti this evening

Varanasi, Jan 20 (UNI) The much awaited 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas would formally commence from Monday but it will start with Ganga Aarti at different ghats of Ganga on Sunday evening.
Around 2000 delegates from different countries are expected to reach Varanasi by this evening and they will have the glimpse of religious Ganga Aarti at the ghats along with traditional cuisine.
" We have made all arrangements for every foreign delegate to watch the Ganga Aarti without any hitch. Some might see it from the ghats where chairs would be placed while several others could watch it from cruise and Bajra( big boat)," said a senior official here on Sunday.

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