varanasi it was a pilgrimage as well as a shopping opportunity for the wives of the chief ministers of the bjpruled states who accompanied their husbands to take part in the inauguration ceremony of shri kashi vishwanath dhamduring his twoday visit to the city prime minister narendra modi inaugurated the shri kashi vishwanath dham on monday the chief ministers of assam arunachal pradesh goa gujarat haryana himachal pradesh karnataka madhya pradesh manipur tripura uttar pradesh and uttarakhand along with deputy cms from bihar and nagaland were invited to take part in the event besides bjps national president jagat prakash nadda and national general secretary organisation bl santosh also took part in the functionon the second day of his visit to varanasi the pm held a meeting with the chief ministers on tuesday the meeting was attended by yogi adityanath of uttar pradesh shivraj singh chouhan of madhya pradesh pema khandu of arunachal pradesh jai ram thakur of himachal pradesh pushkar singh dhami of uttarakhand hemant biswa sarma of assam pramod sawant of goa bhupendra patel of gujarat manohar lal khattar of haryana basavaraj bommai of karnataka n biren singh of manipur and viplav dev of tripurawhile the cms were taking part in the meeting their wives visited the trade facilitation centre in bada lalpur area for shopping of exquisite handloom and handicraft products of varanasi they also offered prayers at kashi vishwanath temple and sankatmochan temple besides they also visited the bharat mata mandir in sigra areathe group of cms along with their wives led by nadda also visited pt deen dayal upadhyaya smriti upvan in padao area in the evening they saw the 63ft tall statue of pt deen dayal upadhyaya and museum in the memorial nadda with his wife and the haryana cm manohar lal khattar also witnessed the light and sound show at sarnaththe chief ministers were scheduled to visit ayodhya for the darshan of ram lalla on wednesday