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Yogi Adityanath to spend Diwali morning at Hanumangarhi, Ram temple and Nishad basti
After Saturday's Deepotsav, the Chief Minister's Diwali programme in Ayodhya begins at 7:50 am with prayers and takes in a Deepawali milan, meetings with saints and a public programme at Ram Ki Paidi.
Key points
- Yogi Adityanath is due at Hanumangarhi at 7:50 am and at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple at 8:05 am.
- A Deepawali milan in Nishad basti near Ramghat Halt follows at 8:20 am.
- He then meets saints at four akharas and chhawnis and leaves from the Ramkatha Park helipad at 10:40 am.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will spend Diwali morning in Ayodhya on Sunday, with prayers at two of the city’s main shrines, a festive meeting in a Nishad settlement and a round of calls on saints. The programme, published a day ahead, starts early.
Prayers and the Nishad basti
He is due to offer darshan and puja at Hanumangarhi at 7:50 am, followed by darshan at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple at 8:05 am. At 8:20 am he is scheduled to attend a Deepawali milan in Nishad basti, near Ramghat Halt. A visit to Ashok Singhal Ward follows, for which no time has been given.
Meetings with saints
From 9 am the Chief Minister is to call on saints in turn: Digambar Akhara at 9:00 am, Bada Bhaktmal at 9:10 am, Maniram Das Chhawni at 9:20 am, and a meeting and discussion at Karsevakpuram at 9:30 am.
He is then scheduled to attend a public programme at Ram Ki Paidi from 10:05 to 10:35 am, and to leave from the Ramkatha Park helipad at 10:40 am.
After Deepotsav
The visit is the second day of a two-day stay. On Saturday evening he performed the aarti at the 10th Deepotsav on the Saryu, where more than 30 lakh diyas were lit, with Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan present.
Times are as announced and may shift on the day. This report will be updated once the events have taken place.