VARANASI, March 11 -- Rangbhari Ekadashi was celebrated with festive fervour at Baba Kashi Vishwanath Dham as per the tradition on Monday.

In the morning, the silver idol of Baba Kashi Vishwanath and Mata Gauri were brought in a palanquin from the house of former Mahant Kulpati Tiwari to Kashi Vishwanath Temple premises as the devotees sprinkled abir and gulal amid damru beats and chants of Har Har Mahadev on the way.

The palanquin was placed at Mandir chowk on the KV corridor premises.

As part of the rituals, before evening, the palanquin yatra was taken out from the temple square to the sanctum sanctorum.

Representing the temple trust, chief executive officer Vishwa Bhushan, deputy collector Shambhu Sharan and other officials, dress...