WATCH: PM Modi performs pooja, Ganga Aarti at Sangam ghat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a holy dip in the river Ganges and offered prayers at the Sangam ghat, the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati river. The prime minister wore a robe as he stepped into the water and later changed to a saffron kurta and shawl to perform an aarti at the Triveni Ghat. Modi was accompanied with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the mela.