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Lakhs of devotees perform ?jalabhishek?
AMID TIGHT security, lakhs of devotees performed ?jalabhishek? of Lord Shiva at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in the sensitive Gyanwapi complex on the second Monday of Sawan. Saffron-clad Kanwarias from different parts of country took a dip in the Ganga and later worshipped in the temple. Elaborate security arrangements were made in and around the Gyanwapi complex and other sensitive places. Both Central and State security personnel maintained vigil.
AMID TIGHT security, lakhs of devotees performed ‘jalabhishek’ of Lord Shiva at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in the sensitive Gyanwapi complex on the second Monday of Sawan.
Saffron-clad Kanwarias from different parts of country took a dip in the Ganga and later worshipped in the temple.
Elaborate security arrangements were made in and around the Gyanwapi complex and other sensitive places. Both Central and State security personnel maintained vigil.
The focus on security of pilgrims has increased ever since the Varanasi blasts of March and the recent Mumbai explosions. Senior police officials monitored the movement of devotees through closed circuit TV sets installed in the control room of the Gyanwapi complex.
For the first time this year, about 20 cameras were also set up on way from Dashwaswamedh market to Chhatadwar, the entrance to the Gyanwapi complex.
In the morning, devotees, including saffron-clad Kanwarias, queued up from Dashwaswamedh to Chhatadwar.
Jawans and women constables of the police, the Provincial Armed Constabulary, the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) frisked devotees with metal detectors at different points before allowing them into the Garbha Grih of the Kashi Vishwanath temple. Additional personnel from other districts in Varanasi zone were called to assist the local administration.
Sants’ conclave
THE AKHIL Bharatiya Dharm Sangh will organise a grand sants’ conclave at the Sri Dharm Sangh Shiksha Mandal in Durga Kund area on July 27. Ram Kamal Das Vedanti and Mandal secretary Jagjeetan Pandey said 1,000 sants from various parts of the country would participate in the conclave.
