Varanasi, 12 June (HS): Bollywood actor Rajkumar Rao along with his wife Patralekha visited Shri Kashi Vishwanath on Wednesday. The actor, who had come to Kashi to see the location for his film, performed the ritual darshan and worship under the supervision of the priests in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. The archakas of the temple presented him Angavastra and a garland offered to Baba as flower prasad.

The priests also tied Kalava on the Rajkumar's hand while chanting Vedic mantras. After the puja, actor Rao told the media persons that after coming to Kashi, the mind gets a lot of peace. ?Last time we came to Kashi for the promotion of our film, we saw the Aarti of Mother Ganga. Today we have darshan of Baba with my wife,? he added. Seeing the actor in Mandir Chowk, young fans raised slogans of Har Har Mahadev.

Seeing this, the actor also greeted people with folded hands and also clicked selfies with them. The actor toured the entire temple complex with his wife. During this, both of them looked overwhelmed by the grandeur of the temple.