Atal Bihari Vajpayee's daughter immerses his ashes in the Ganges

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes were immersed today in the Ganges in Haridwar.

Amit Shah, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, watched -- with folded hands -- as Vajpayee's daughter Namita Bhattacharya poured the ashes into the river at the Har Ki Pauri ghat.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was there too.

Vajpayee died this week, aged 93, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. He received full state honours at his funeral at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal.