A huge crowd converged at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar on Sunday to bid the final farewell to their beloved leader and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his ashes were immersed in the Ganga by family members and BJP leaders. (Photo: SNS)
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Top party leaders including BJP president Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Uttarakhand counterpart Trivendra Singh Rawat, his adopted daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya and other family members of Vajpayee were present as the urn carrying his ashes was emptied into the river amid chanting of Vedic hymns. (Photo: SNS)
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Family members immersing ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar on Sunday (Photo: SNS)
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Namita Kaul Bhattacharya and her husband Ranjan Bhattacharya, granddaughter Niharika Bhattacharya, Anoop Mishra, along with other family members, immersed the ashes of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee family priest Hari Om Sharma performed the rituals. (Photo: SNS)
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The rituals lasted around 20 minutes as a huge crowd waited at the ghats on either side of the river to witness the process in total reverence. (Photo: SNS)
