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Time of India
5 days ago
- General
- Time of India
Kalash Yatra to highlight spirit of Op Sindoor
Varanasi: The colours of Operation Sindoor will be evident during the traditional Kalash Yatra of Nirjala Ekadashi here on Friday. Amidst the waving of national tricolours, water from the Sindh, Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi rivers apart from Sangam will be offered to Lord Vishwanath. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Providing details of the events to be organised on this auspicious occasion, representatives of Suprabhatam, Kashi Mokshadayini Seva Samiti and Shiv Barat Samiti said that Nirjala Ekadashi will be celebrated to honour Operation Sindoor and the valour of the armed forces. Water from the Sindhu, Chenab, Jhelum and Ravi rivers has already reached reached Kashi, they added. A total of 1,008 women will fill their urns with the Gangajal and the water received from these four rivers at Dashaswamedh Ghat at 6.30 am. They will then march towards Kashi Vishwanath Dham via Godowlia and Bansphatak to offer Jalabhishek. To add grandeur to the Kalash Yatra, PAC bands, shehnai, Damru groups, a tableau of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati seated on a large Nandi, specially decorated chariots with distinguished saints and music vehicles will also be part of the religious procession. Participants will keep waving the tricolour flag in the procession. They will also offer Sindoor and the Tricolour to the deity, said the representatives, including Umashankar Agarwal, Deepak Bajaj, Manish Tulsiyan, Dilip Singh, Nidhidev Agarwal, and Rajeev Gupta.
The Hindu
30-04-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Chandanotsavam: thousands of devotees throng Simhachalam temple for darshan of deity
Thousands of devotees thronged the temple of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Simhachalam to participate in the biggest annual festival – Chandanotsavam – here on Wednesday, April 30. It is only on this day of the year that devotees can have the 'Nijaroopa darshanam' as the thick sandalwood covering on the idol is removed. The festivities began with 'Suprabhatam' at 1 a.m. (early hours of Wednesday), followed by Viswaksena puja, Punyavachanam, Ritwikgvaranam, Panchakalavahanam and Chananottaram. Hereditary trustee of the temple P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and his family members were the first to have darshan, as per the practice at the temple, around 3 a.m. He carried the silk vastrams, had darshan, and presented the silk vastram to the deity in a silver plate. He was received by the priests with temple honours. Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad presented silk vastrams to the deity on behalf of the State government. Ministers, MPs and MLAs had darshan in the early hours. The authorities allowed ₹300 ticket holders into ₹1,000 queue lines as there was no other option in view of the wall collapse on devotees in the ₹300 ticket queue line and rescue work was going on. This resulted in chaos till around noon but the situation improved later. The wall collapse and death of devotees, however, did not hamper darshan of the deity. Though a number of free buses were deployed to ferry passengers to the hilltop and back to the foothill after darshan, they seemed far from adequate as thousands of devotees thronged the temple. RTC buses were operated from the Gosala Junction (near the petrol bunk) and from the Adavivaram side entry. Devotees had a tough time, in getting a foothold in the buses from the hilltop after darshan.
