India, Oct. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening visited the Kali Bari temple in south Delhi's Chittaranjan (CR) Park and performed the ashtami aarti on the occasion of Durga Ashtami.

Officials from the Kali Bari organising committee said the Prime Minister reached the temple around 6.40pm, first offered prayers at the Kali temple before proceeding to the adjoining pandal in a car, where the traditional evening aarti was being held.

"He stayed for around 20 minutes, performed the rituals and later waved to the crowd before leaving," an official present at the site said.

The temple complex, which houses three shrines such as the Kali temple, Shiva temple and Radha Krishna temple was under heavy security cover since the a...