Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath performed Rudrabhishek at the ancient Manasarovar temple in Andhiyari Bagh in Gorakhpur for the welfare and prosperity of state’s people on the third Monday of the sacred Shravan month.
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Following the Rudrabhishek, the CM completed the ceremony with “havan” and “aarti” accompanied by chanting of Vedic mantras praying for a healthy, happy, prosperous and peaceful life for the state’s people.
The ritual, which included the recitation of “Rudrashtadhyayi” from the “Shukla Yajurveda Samhita” by the learned priests of the Gorakhnath temple, was a solemn and important event, said a press statement from the state government.