Having skipped the Ram temple consecration ceremony held in Ayodhya, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddahv Thackeray on Monday offered prayers and performed "maha aarti" at the historic Kalaram temple at Nashik in north Maharashtra.
Accompanied by his wife Rashmi and son Aaditya Thackeray, Uddhav visited the Kalaram temple and offered prayers to Lord Ram on the occasion of consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He also performed a 'maha aarti' on the bank of Godavari river at Nashik.
Uddhav, who is on a two-day visit to Nashik, will launch the campaign of Shiv Sena (UBT) for the Lok Sabha polls at the grape city on Balasaheb Thackeray's birth anniversary on Tuesday.
Ahead of his LS election rally that he will address immediately after the state conference of Sena (UBT), Uddhav paid tributes to late Veer Savarkar at the latter's memorial at Bangur in Nashik district.
He also went around Savarkar's memorial where the rare photographs of the late freedom fighter have been displayed.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, as Veer Savarkar was known for most part of his life, was born on May 28, 1883 in Bhagur village of Nashik district where he spent his childhood days..Savarkar has written in detail about his birthplace Bhagur and Savarkar Wada in his autobiography 'My Memories- Bhagur'.