Devotees flock to Baba Baidyanath temple on second Monday of Shravan

Devotees Flock To Baba Baidyanath Temple On Second Monday Of Shravan

by Utkalika Mohanty

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A huge number of devotees flocked to the Deoghar Shravani mela on the second Monday of the month of Shravan to offer prayers to Baba Baidyanath on the auspicious day.

Deoghar, July 29: A huge number of devotees flocked to the Deoghar Shravani mela on the second Monday of the month of Shravan to offer prayers to Baba Baidyanath on the auspicious day.

"A huge crowd of devotees have queued up to offer prayers on the second Monday of the month of Sawan. We think a huge number of devotees will be able to perform Jalarpan successfully on the second Monday of saavan," Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Vishal Sagar said speaking to ANI.

The Deputy Commissioner said that all arrangements are in place and the district administration expects all devotees to have a fulfilling experience.

"Our arrangements are intact, a large number of police forces are present at all the places. Here in the Mela control room, we are monitoring all the feeds that are coming to us from different areas. We can monitor any area from the cameras. Through wireless communication, we can give directions and instructions immediately...We hope that all devotees have a good experience while offering Jalarpan on the second Monday of saavan," Sagar said.

One of the priests who came to offer prayers at Deoghar said, "Today is Monday, which is a special day for Baba Baidyanath. Today all our wishes get fulfilled if we offer water to Baba. The Puja can only performed through devotion. The more devoted we are the more it pleases Baba."

Meanwhile, Jalabhishek and Bhasma Aarti was performed at the Mahakaleshwar Temple at Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on the second Monday of the holy month of 'Saavan'. Devotees were also seen offering prayers at Koteshwar Temple in Gwalior.

In Varanasi, devotees reached Kashi Vishwanath Temple amid heightened security to offer prayers to Baba Vishwanath.

Kanwariyas also reached the Shiva temple located at the Shiva Chowk in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, Shiva Mandir in Gorakhpur, Mankameshwar temple in Prayagraj, Nageshwar Nath Temple in Ayodhya to offer prayers and perform Jalabhishek to lord Shiva.

In Delhi, devotees offered prayers at Gauri Shankar Temple in Chandni Chowk. In Mumbai, devotees offered prayers at Babulnath Temple, while in Haridwar people were seen taking a holy dip in the Ganga and the Saryu river, in Ayodhya on the second Monday of 'saavan'.

A large number of devotees also offered prayers at Jharkhand Mahadev Temple in Jaipur, and the Shiva Mandir in Patna on the second Monday of Sharavan.

(ANI)

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Maoist Camp Busted In Odisha’s Nuapada; Explosives Recovered

by Hemanta Pande

Nuapada, Nov 2: Security personnel busted a Maoist camp in a forest in Odisha’s Nuapada district and recovered huge quantity of explosive materials from the spot, police said on Saturday.

Based on intelligence inputs about the movement of CPI (Maoist) cadres, two special operation groups (SOG) launched a search and destroy operation in Patdhara and Sunabeda reserve forests in Nuapada district on the night of October 30.

“On November 1, one SOG Assault team identified a suspected Maoist camp associated with the DGN divisional committee of the CPI (Maoist) in a dense forest near Bhainsamundi (Bahadurpani) village under Boden police station limits,” a senior Police officer said.

A huge quantity of explosive materials was recovered during the search operation at the camp, he added.

The recovered materials include 500 electric detonators, five reels of safety fuse, five improvised IED switches, two SBGL rounds, one gelatin stick (decomposed) and various Naxalite literatures.

“This recovery suggests that the site served as a temporary hideout for CPI (Maoist) cadres, which was raided by security forces,” he said.

In addition, another SOG team was deployed on November 1 evening to intensify the search operation, the police added.

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3rd Test: India Grab The Initiative, Reduce NZ to 171/9 At Stumps On Day 2

by Pabitra Mohan Senapaty

Mumbai, Nov 2: Ravindra Jadeja (4-52) and R Ashwin (3-63) helped India reduce New Zealand to 171/9 in their second innings at the end of Day 2 in the third Test in Mumbai. New Zealand, who scored 235 in their first innings were leading by 143 runs after they rode on Ajaz Patel's 5-103 to bowl out India for 263, restricting the hosts to only a 28-run lead.

On a crumbling pitch on which offered sharp turn and variable bounce, the spinners continued to rule the roost as they had another productive day.

After New Zealand had restricted India to 263 in their first innings and lead of just 28 runs despite contrasting half-centuries by Shubman Gill (90) and Rishabh Pant (60), the hosts roared back into contention thanks to Ashwin and Jadeja.

Akash Deep, opening the bowling, gave India the breakthrough once again by bowling Tom Latham for one as the ball nipped back in to sneak through the gap between the bat and pad.

Washing Sundar then accounted for Devon Conway (22) and Ashwin sent back Rachin Ravindra for 4 but Will Young and Daryl Mitchell, who had saved New Zealand in their first innings, raised a half-century partnership to keep New Zealand's hopes alive.

But Ashwin pulled off a brilliant catch off a skier, running a long distance to poach a diving catch from Ravindra Jadeja's bowling, to dismiss Mitchell for 21 off 41 balls. New Zealand lost their fourth wicket with 94 runs on the board, just 66 runs ahead.

Jadeja grabbed his seventh wicket of the match when he had Tim Blundell chopping onto his wicket with a full-length delivery that rushed onto the batter. He made it eight wickets for the match by sending back Ish Sodhi as India took control of the match.

Glenn Phillips struck Ashwin for a couple of sixes in an over but the seasoned off-spinner had the last laugh knocking back the off-stump with a sensational carrom ball that the batter failed to read and played the wrong line. Phillips scored 26 off 14 balls (1x4, 3x6) and New Zealand were down to 131/6.

But Young kept their hopes alive with his second half-century of the match before spooning a catch back to Ashwin off another carrom ball tossed up which drifted towards the leg-stump. Young showed lots of patience as he scored 51 off 100 balls, hitting two fours and a six.

Matt Henry, who had scored one six over long-off on Jadeja’s bowling, was clean bowled by Jadeja on 10 runs following which stumps were called. Patel, batting on seven and new batter on the crease William ORourke will continue things on Day three as India look to register their first win of the series.

Brief scores:

New Zealand 235 and 171/9 in 43.3 overs (Will Young 51; Ravindra Jadeja 4-52, R Ashwin 3-63) lead India 263 all out in 59.4 overs (Shubman Gill 90, Rishabh Pant 60, Washington Sundar 38 not out; Ajaz Patel 5-103) by 143 runs

--IANS

Devotees flock to Baba Baidyanath temple on second Monday of Shravan

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