Over 5.50 Lakh Prayers Offered on Kvt on Nag Panchami | Varanasi News – Times of India

Varanasi: Kashi Vishwanath after seeing a huge crowd of 5.50 lakh devotees on the third Monday of Shravan month. Dham On the occasion of Nag Panchami, Tuesday was buzzing with saffron-clad kanwariyas and pilgrims for the second consecutive day.
Long queues of Kanwariyas walking towards KV Dham were visible on almost all the highways especially in the morning hours on Tuesday. police Commissioner One Satish Ganesh He said that a large number of Kanwariyas continued to come to the city in the morning while by noon a number of Kanwariyas and pilgrims were returning to their destination after offering prasad. Jalabhishek Kashi Vishwanath temple had more.
As per the data available with the police, more than 1.10 lakh Kanwariyas and pilgrims had entered the KV Dham till 5 pm on Tuesday. Additional CP Santosh Kumar Singh said the arrival of pilgrims continued till late evening, so no major relaxation was given in the crowd regulation scheme, which was made effective from Sunday.
Meanwhile, other major temples of the Lord Shiv The festival of Nag Panchami was also crowded and the akhadas (wrestling grounds) were also buzzing with wrestlers after the annual wrestling tradition on the festival day. Many wrestlers took part in the competition organized in the wrestling ring of Sampurnanand Sports Stadium, while the Swadeshi Akharas preferred Swaminath Arena A large number of contestants including women wrestlers also participated at Tulsi Ghat.
The snake charmers who asked for money by showing snakes to the passers-by and those selling the posters of Nagpanchami also had a field day since morning.