Dehradun, May 20 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Haridwar, 18 May: The ashes of Puran Chand Joshi, the late husband of senior BJP leader and former Member of Parliament Rita Bahuguna Joshi, were immersed in the Ganga at the VIP ghat in Haridwar today. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, accompanied by family members, performed the rituals with full Vedic traditions and religious rites. The ceremony was attended by several political, religious and social figures who paid homage to PC Joshi and prayed for peace to the departed soul.

The rites were conducted by the family's hereditary priests, with Rajiv Vashisth, Uma Shankar Vashisth, Shrey Vashisth, Sanjay Vashisth, Abhishek Vashisth and Brijesh Vashisth performing the rituals. Shrey Vashisth, the family's prie...