Brought Back from Canada After 108 Years, Goddess Annapurna’s Idol Installed at Varanasi Temple

Brought back from Canada after 108 years, an idol of goddess Annapurna was installed at Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Monday. The ceremony was attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

In addition, the idols of five other deities, which were removed when the temple was reconstructed, were also installed.

The idol of goddess Annapurna was taken to the temple in a silver palanquin. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shouldered the palanquin and led the procession that started from the Kushmanda temple in Durgakund on Monday morning.