Varanasi: Less than a month after the Prime Minister inaugurated Narendra Modi On 13th December, Kashi Vishwanath Dham saw a record number of devotees in a day to worship on Saturday – New Yearday of
As per police records, 3.35 lakh pilgrims enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple for darshan and prayers, while district authorities have estimated the presence of over five lakh people at KV Dham, including those to offer prayers at the temple amid the crowd. people are also included. The record footfall alerted the police and administration to the risks posed by overcrowding, following which a new crowd management system was announced and traffic restrictions were imposed within more than 2 km of the shrine.
“Between 2 lakh to 2.50 lakh on special occasions like walking in Kashi Vishwanath temple in comparison to the previous record of walking in a day. Mahashivratri The festival of Shravan month or Monday, we saw a crowd of more than five lakhs in KV Dham on Saturday. Chairman of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Special Area Development Board Deepak Agrawal said that the number of pilgrims visiting KVD is a new record in one day at the shrine.
He said that the huge crowd on Saturday was really surprising as there was no practice of large gathering of devotees on New Year’s Day. As per the past records of the temple administration and Gyanvapi Security Control Room, KV Mandir Crowds are seen on normal days due to the arrival of outside pilgrims and the average footfall of devotees is around 10,000, but on special occasions like Mahashivratri and Mondays of Shravan the number of devotees increased to over two lakhs.
As per police records, 3.35 lakh pilgrims enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple for darshan and prayers, while district authorities have estimated the presence of over five lakh people at KV Dham, including those to offer prayers at the temple amid the crowd. people are also included. The record footfall alerted the police and administration to the risks posed by overcrowding, following which a new crowd management system was announced and traffic restrictions were imposed within more than 2 km of the shrine.
“Between 2 lakh to 2.50 lakh on special occasions like walking in Kashi Vishwanath temple in comparison to the previous record of walking in a day. Mahashivratri The festival of Shravan month or Monday, we saw a crowd of more than five lakhs in KV Dham on Saturday. Chairman of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Special Area Development Board Deepak Agrawal said that the number of pilgrims visiting KVD is a new record in one day at the shrine.
He said that the huge crowd on Saturday was really surprising as there was no practice of large gathering of devotees on New Year’s Day. As per the past records of the temple administration and Gyanvapi Security Control Room, KV Mandir Crowds are seen on normal days due to the arrival of outside pilgrims and the average footfall of devotees is around 10,000, but on special occasions like Mahashivratri and Mondays of Shravan the number of devotees increased to over two lakhs.
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