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GORAKHPUR: Samajwadi Party candidate Praveen Nishad visited Gorakhnath Temple on Tuesday along with his father Sanjay Nishad, SP district president Prahlad Yadav and others, offered prayers to Baba Matsyendranath and sought blessings for victory. Baba Matsyendra Nath is the founder of Nath monastic sect and Guru Gorakhnath was his disciple.On being asking about the reason for visiting Gorakhnath temple, Praveen said, "Matsyendra Nath is our 'guru'. We have been visiting Gorakhnath temple earlier too and always got his blessings. Since no candidate from Mutt is in the fray this time, so we sought blessings of Guru Matsyendranath and Guru Gorakhnath for victory in bypoll. I have been coming to the temple since childhood," he added..