UP temples reverberate with ‘Har Har Mahadev’ as devotees throng shrines on Sawan Monday

Luck ow,
Aug
10
(PTI):
Temples
ac oss
Utta
P adesh
eve be ated
with
cha ts
of
‘Ha
Ha
Mahadev’
a d
‘Bam
Bam
Bhole’
as
la ge
umbe s
of
devotees
a d
ka wa iyas
th o ged
Shiva
sh i es
o
the
seco d
Mo day
of
the
holy
mo th
of
Sawa ,
officials
said.

Chief
Mi iste
Yogi
Aditya ath
pe fo med
Rud abhishek
a d
a
‘hava ’
at
the
Go akh ath
temple
o
Mo day
afte oo
to
ma k
the
occasio ,
a
official
stateme t
said.

Afte
completi g
the
ituals,
Aditya ath
p ayed
to
Lo d
Shiva
fo
the
welfa e
of
the
wo ld
a d
happi ess
a d
p ospe ity
of
all
citize s,
it
said.

F om
weste
Utta
P adesh
to
Va a asi,
Ayodhya
a d
P ayag aj,
devotees
bega
gathe i g
at
temples
f om
ea ly
mo i g,
with
c owds
co ti ui g
till
the
eve i g
p aye s.

Ka wa iyas
ca yi g
pots
of
Ga ga
wate
walked
towa ds
thei
desti atio s
cha ti g
‘Bol
Bam’,
while
devotees
pe fo med
Rud abhishek
a d
offe ed
p aye s
at
diffe e t
temples.

I
Va a asi,
devotees
bega
a ivi g
at
the
Kashi
Vishwa ath
temple
si ce
Su day
ight.
Ka wa iyas
took
a
holy
dip
i
the
Ga ga,
collected
wate
a d
p oceeded
towa ds
the
temple
i
queues.

The
temple
p emises
echoed
with
bells,
d ums
a d
cha ts
as
devotees
offe ed
milk,
cu d,
ho ey,
bel
leaves
a d
othe
t aditio al
offe i gs
to
Lo d
Shiva.

I
P ayag aj,
devotees
queued
up
at
the
majo
Shiva
temples,
i cludi g
the
Ma kameshwa
temple,
afte
taki g
a
dip
at
the
Sa gam.

Ka wa iyas
i
saff o
ca yi g
deco ated
ka wa s
we e
see
cha ti g
‘Jai
Bhole ath’,
the
stateme t
said.

I
Ayodhya,
la ge
c owds
gathe ed
at
temples,
i cludi g
Nageshwa ath,
Kshi eswa ath,
Pa chmukhi
Mahadev
a d
Jha kha deshwa ath.

The
devotees
also
th o ged
the
Ram
Ja mabhoomi
a d
Ha uma ga hi
a eas.
Afte
bathi g
i
the
Sa yu,
ma y
offe ed
Ga ga
wate
at
the
Nageshwa ath
temple.

The
Ka wa
pilg image
also
emai ed
i
full
swi g
ac oss
the
state,
with
devotees
t avelli g
o
foot,
bicycles
a d
deco ated
vehicles.

Locals
a d
volu ta y
o ga isatio s
set
up
est
camps,
d i ki g-wate
poi ts
a d
medical
facilities
alo g
the
outes,
while
seve al
places
wit essed
flowe
showe s
to
welcome
the
ka wa iyas.
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