Lucknow, August 19: The Asthi Kalash Yatra' of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be held across Uttar Pradesh on August 21. Atal Bihari Vajpayee breathed his last on Friday after a prolonged illness at the age of 93. His death was announced by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital where he was admitted on June 11 with a variety of ailments. The ashes of the former Prime Minister are be taken by road to Prem Ashram on Sunday followed by Har-ki-Pauri in Uttarakhand's Haridwar. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who believes that UP is Vajpayee's 'karmabhoomi' - the land of action, said that this will give the people of the state an opportunity to be a part of his final journey. After paying his respects to the departed leader in Delhi, Yogi had said that the ashes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed in all the holy rivers of the state.

In tribute to the former Prime Minister, the Yogi Adityanath led BJP government of Uttar Pradesh had announced the construction of four memorials in districts of Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur and Balrampur. The UP government put out a list of 75 districts along with the name of the small and big rivers that were picked for the immersion of Vajpayee’s mortal remains, who was cremated in New Delhi on Friday.

A seven-day state mourning has been announced by the Centre and the national flag would fly at half-mast during the said period.

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