New Delhi:, Oct. 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Vasudev Ghat in Delhi early Tuesday to offer morning Arghya (prayers to the rising sun) on the final day of Chhath Puja, officials said on Saturday. Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta and cabinet ministers will also join the ceremony around 5.30am, they added.

Officials said this marks the first time in four years that the Delhi government, now led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has allowed devotees to offer prayers directly in the river, claiming the water is cleaner and fit for entry. The government has set up 17 ghats along the river and another 1,300 across the capital.

"The PM will offer morning Arghya at Vasudev Ghat and will be joined by the CM and other...