Jamshedpur, Aug. 1: Devotees thronged to temples to pay their obeisance to Lord Shiva on the second Monday of Shrawan today. ‘Shrawan Somvar’ is considered one of the holiest at all the Shiv temples and thousands of devotees were seen in long queues to offer ‘bel patri’ and milk to the Lord.
Devotees in large numbers thronged various city temples on the second Monday of ‘shrawan’. The temples reverberated with the chants of ‘bam bam bhole’ and ‘har har mahadev’.
The devotees offered milk, honey, sandalwood paste and leaves of wood apple on ‘shivalingas’. A large number of ‘kanwariyas’ also gathered at shiva temples to offer holy water.
Noted astrologer Kalyan Mishra says, “it is said that lord Shiva showers blessings on all those who remember him with true heart. This is one of the reason that motivates lakhs of shiva devotees especially kanwariyas to travel hundreds of kilometers on bare foot and offer prayers at the shiva ‘jyotirlinga’.
Apart from imposing ban on the entry of heavy vehicles in city area the men in khaki strictly imposed the traffic diversions inside the city.
Tight security arrangements were made near all the prominent temples Ravindranath Chaturvedi, a priest, said the month of monsoon is considered to be very sacred for Hindu devotees.
‘Kanwarias’ aged from eight to eighty years had lined up at the streets leading to the famed temple for the treasured ‘darshan’. Unprecedented security arrangements were made.
The district administration and voluntary organization, as in the past, have made elaborate arrangements for food, lodging and medical care of the devotees.
On second Monday of the holy month of Shawn a large number of devotees thronged to Murga Mahadev Temple situated at Odisha Jharkhand border five kilometer from Noamundi.
Devotees of Murga Mahadev walked on foot throughout the day with holy water to Murga Mandir to offer water on the Phallic of Lord Shiva on Monday Morning. The devotee chanted balbam during their Pilgrimage.