Devotees across several parts of India gathered at prominent Shiva temples on Tuesday to mark Sawan Shivratri, offering prayers and performing Jalabhishek as religious activities were held at temples in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Delhi and Haryana.
In Varanasi, devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga before offering prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Sawan Shivratri. In Uttar Pradesh, a large gathering of Kanwariyas was also witnessed at the Baba Augarnath Temple in Meerut, where lakhs of devotees performed Jalabhishek.
Amid a massive gathering of devotees at Baba Augarnath Temple on Sawan Shivratri, ADG Bhanu Bhashkar said that extensive security arrangements have been made to manage the crowd. “Police personnel and officers have been deployed across the area since 2 AM. There is a massive crowd of devotees given the occasion of Mahashivratri; this is expected to continue until 12 PM. A network of approximately 300 cameras is in place to monitor the situation and facilitate operations; our personnel are continuously reviewing the feed from these cameras,” Bhashkar said.
In Prayagraj, devotees offered prayers at the Dashashwamedh Temple, while in Bulandshahr, devotees gathered at the Barasau Shiv Temple to perform Jalabhishek. In Haridwar, Uttarakhand, devotees performed Jalabhishek at the Daksheshwar Mahadev Temple. In Jharkhand’s Deoghar, devotees thronged the Baba Baidyanath Temple to offer prayers on Sawan Shivratri.
Meanwhile, in the national capital, Delhi, devotees offered prayers at the Gauri Shankar Temple on the occasion. In Ambala, Haryana, devotees offered water to the Shivling on Shravan Shivratri.
Devotees throng Shiva temples across India on the occasion of Sawan Shivratri; extensive security arrangements made in Varanasi, Meerut and Haridwar.
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