Ritika
Long queue in Kashi Vishwanath Dham
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Mahadev rested after 45 hours on Sunday after staying awake with the devotees throughout the night on Mahashivaratri. The process of darshan worship which started with Mangala Aarti on Saturday continued on the second day as well. Along with the aarti of four hours, a large number of devotees are coming for darshan-worship. Till late evening of Sunday, more than three lakh Shiva devotees attended the Baba Darbar. Earlier, more than 6.88 lakh devotees had visited and worshiped late on Saturday night.
After three o’clock in the morning on Sunday, the queue of devotees in Baba’s court stopped for some time. The Aarti of the third Prahar started at 3 in the morning and ended at 4:25. With the completion of the aarti, the train of devotees also reached Baba Darbar. After this, the Aarti of the fourth Prahar started from 5 in the morning till 6:15 in the morning. Till then Baba’s court was filled with devotees.
The doors were closed with the chant of Har Har Mahadev.
There were queues of devotees coming from Ganga Dwar and Saraswati Gate at Mandir Chowk. At the same time, the number of devotees coming from Dhundhiraj and Gyanvapi also increased. Till 9 am, more than 75 thousand devotees attended the Baba Darbar.
