Shuttler Saina Nehwal & hubby on a secret spiritual sojourn of Sangam & Kashi

PRAYAGRAJ: On a three-day secret spiritual sojourn of holy towns of Prayagraj and Kashi, international badminton player Saina Nehwal and her husband and shuttler, Parupalli Kashyap, offered special prayers after a ritual dip at the Sangam on Guru Poornima day, before returning to Delhi on Sunday. The couple, who arrived on Friday and stayed at their guru’s home in Prayagraj, also drove down to Kashi to perform rituals at the Ganga.
“Saina and her husband realised their spiritual dream in their Sangam tryst and were charmed by the ambience of the city,” said, Laloo Mittal, mahanagar president of Akhil Bharatiya Udhyog Vyapaar Mandal, who accompanied the shuttler couple to the Ganga ghat.
During a steamer ride on the Yamuna, she spotted the Mankameshwar temple and Akshayvat at the quila ghat and was happy to step out and visit these sites, he said. Saina also performed Ganga puja and ‘aarti’ along with her spiritual guru, Vinod Kumar Ojha. “She came to Sangam city to participate in Maa Baglamukhi puja and yajna at her guru’s home in Shantipuram. She also met select citizens and was felicitated,” he said.