Welcoming New Year with devotion! Varanasi among other ghats ring 2023 with ‘Ganga Aarti’- SEE PICS

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The New Year began in Varanasi on Sunday with the traditional “Ganga aarti.” This practice, which is a daily affair, was conducted at the Assi Ghat. People from various parts of the city gathered to watch the aarti. The priests and other staff members of the temples who perform daily rituals dedicated to the river Ganga performed the aarti with enormous deepams, which are meant to represent the sacred river. (PTI Photo)2/5

Many people from different parts of India and local residents visited Varanasi to watch the sunrise of 2023. Tourists take a boat ride during New Year celebrations. (PTI Photo)

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Ganga Seva Nidhi paid tribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi by lighting lamps during the Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Varanasi. (PTI Photo)

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The aarti, which is a ritual offering prayer to the river Ganges, is conducted every day. People also lined up to worship at Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the first day of New Year. (PTI Photo)

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Welcoming the new year rituals were held at other temples in India as well. A priest performed ‘aarti’ at Lord Venkateswara on the occasion of ‘Vaikunta Ekadashi’, at a temple in Bengaluru.  (PTI Photo)