Narendra Modi, India's prime minister-elect, has won the election under his Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) after a landslide win against the opposition which has been in power for about 23 years under the leadership of the outgoing Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.
The BJP has become the first party to win a majority for the past three decades. Modi 63 won 232 seats.
Modi has also been offering prayers and performing rituals at the Hindu holy city of Varanasi after his election. The prime minister elect also offered prayers at the river Ganges which is a sacred river to the Hindus
Observers say the ceremony was rich in political symbolism, underlining Mr Modi's roots as a Hindu nationalist.
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