VARANASI, Sept. 13 -- Mauritius Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, his wife, Veena Ramgoolam, offered prayers to Baba Kashi Vishwanath on Friday, concluding his three-day visit to Varanasi. Ramgoolam arrived in Kashi on September 10. He held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and watched Ganga Arti along with a 70-member delegation. On Friday morning, Ramgoolam did darshan and poojan of Baba Kashi Vishwanath. Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel gifted a replica of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple, a GI tag artefact, to the Mauritius PM. Thereafter, Patel, state finance and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna bade farewell to the Mauritius PM at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Babatpur, Varanasi. Later, Ramgoolam and his wife paid obeisance to Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. Along with a 30-member delegation, the PM landed at the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in Ayodhya from Varanasi. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath was present at the airport to welcome him. The PM was received with Vedic chants, kalash aarti, flowers and the rhythmic sounds of drums, nagadas, and conch shells filling the atmosphere with spirituality. The PM prayed for strengthening of ties between the two countries and spent about half an hour in the temple complex. Later, chief minister Yogi Adityanath honoured the visiting leader by presenting him with a scale model of the temple, while his wife, Veena Ramgoolam, was felicitated with an Angavastra. Relations between India and Mauritius go beyond diplomacy, deeply rooted in culture and spirituality. A large part of Mauritius's population is of Indian origin, with strong devotion towards Lord Ram. The story of Ram is still alive in Mauritius's festivals, literature, and cultural life....