Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe today reached Varanasi along with PM Narendra Modi this evening. He was accorded a very warm traditional welcome at Babatpur airport on his arrival. Later the dignitaries reached at Dashswamedh Ghat in the holy city to witness the Ganga Arti. In the whole passage from where the cavalcade of the two PMs passed in the city, people showered flower petals on them raising slogans of Indo Japan friendship. <br/><br/>"As soon as both the PMs arrived at Dashaswamedh ghat , the air was filled with empowering slogan- Har Har Mahadev. Both the dignitaries first prayed to goddess mother Ganga and then witnessed the Arti which was too enchanting to describe in words. The Vedic mantra recitation, sounds of enticing ghantas and holy process of Arti was filling the air with spirituality and divinity. <br/><br/>It is most most probable that when Japanese premier Shinzo Abe returns from Kashi he will have an indelible mark on his heart of this never before evening.