Bhubaneswar, Nov. 30 -- Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Deep Deepawali celebration in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today and light the first diya - earthen lamp - at Rajghat.

Dev Deepawali, which is celebrated on every 'Purnima' (full moon night) of the Kartik month in the Hindu calendar, will be celebrated by lighting 11 lakh diyas on both sides of Ganga River.

The Prime Minister, accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries, will be taken on a cruise which will halt at the Chetram Ghat from where the guests will witness a scintillating laser show.

"The Dev Deepawali celebrations will be telecast live and is expected to revive tourism in the Covid situation," said ...