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Have a great 2023! PM Modi extends New Year greetings

Meanwhile, morning prayers were also performed at Mumbai’s iconic Siddhivinayak Temple. Devotees thronged Siddhivinayak Temple to watch the morning aarti on Sunday, the first day of the new year.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended New Year greetings and wished that it will be filled with hope, happiness and lots of success.

“Have a great 2023! May it be filled with hope, happiness and lots of success. May everyone be blessed with wonderful health,” the Prime Minister said in a tweet. People across the country thronged temples to offer prayers on the first day of the New Year.

A ‘Ganga aarti’ was performed at Varanasi’s Assi Ghat in the early hours on Sunday. People gathered at the ghat to watch the Ganga aarti.

In Ujjain, devotees gathered at Mahakaleshwar Temple to get a glimpse of morning aarti on Sunday. ‘Bhasma aarti’ of Lord Shiva was performed in the early morning hours at the Mahakaleshwar Temple.

pm modi at Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan

Mahakaleshwar’s Bhasma Aarti is believed as the most special, as it is the only ‘Jyotirling’ amongst the 12 where the Bhasma is applied on the ‘Shivling’.

Hence, it is one of the reasons why people from all across the world come to attend it, according to the Mahakaleshwar priest.

Meanwhile, morning prayers were also performed at Mumbai’s iconic Siddhivinayak Temple. Devotees thronged Siddhivinayak Temple to watch the morning aarti on Sunday, the first day of the new year.