BJP president JP Nadda cleans Delhi's Pashupati Nath Temple premises ahead of Pran Pratishtha event in Ayodhya

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): As a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to clean temples across the country ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya, BJP National President JP Nadda cleaned the premises of Delhi's Pashupati Nath Temple in the Vishwas Nagar area.
The BJP President on Thursday reached the temple and made a voluntary contribution of labour for cleanliness under the Swachh Teerth Campaign. He later participated in the Bhajan recitation by Ram devotees at the temple.

He was accompanied by BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir.

Nadda was also seen painting the wall of the Pashupati Nath Temple.

The nationwide initiative of cleanliness drives at temples was launched by the BJP earlier this month and it will continue until January 22, the day of the Pran Pratishtha at the Ayodhya Ram temple.
Several senior BJP leaders, including Union ministers and Chief ministers of various states, have so far picked up the broom and mop across the country to participate in the cleanliness drive.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleaned the premises of the Kalaram Temple in Maharashtra's Nashik as part of the Swachchata Abhiyan campaign. Visuals showed the Prime Minister with a mop and bucket mopping the floor of the temple.
The PM appealed to the people to carry out Swachhata activities (cleanliness drives) at temples across the country ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
Delivering his inaugural address at the 27th National Youth Festival in Nashik, the Prime Minister reiterated his call for cleanliness campaigns, urging citizens to clean pilgrimage places and temples across the country on 'Pran Pratishtha' day of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the installation of the idol of Ram Lalla at the grand temple on January 22. (ANI)