Gorakhpur: BJP national president Nitin Nabin, in Gorakhpur for the first time after assuming the party’s top post, offered prayers at Gorakhnath temple on Thursday morning. Gorakshpeethadhishwar and chief minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed him at the renowned Nath sect shrine and took him on a tour of the temple complex.Nabin offered prayers to Shivavatar Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath amid the chanting of Vedic mantras.Following the prayers, Yogi briefed the BJP national president on the history of Gorakhnath temple and the traditions and significance of the Nath sect. He also felicitated Nabin by presenting him an angvastra, prasad and an idol of Guru Gorakhnath.Nabin also partook of prasad and refreshments at the temple before leaving to attend the party’s scheduled programme.Those present on the occasion included BJP state president and Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Union minister of state for rural development Kamlesh Paswan, mayor Manglesh Srivastava, BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde, state general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh, state water resources minister Swatantra Dev Singh, MP Ravi Kishan Shukla, MP Vijay Dubey, BJP state vice-president Kameshwar Singh and MLA Vipin Singh, among others.
