Come July 17 and Lord Shiva devotees will get opportunities of making a smooth stay at Deoghar. The occasion would be the month long Shravani Mela beginning near Baidyanath Dham temple marking the Shravan season from this date onwards.
The month-long Shravani Mela, attended by lakhs of people every year, starts on July 17 this year and will conclude on August 15. Keeping in mind the huge rush during Shravani Mela, the Deoghar district administration has made elaborate arrangements.
For smooth stay of devotes, the district administration has erected two tent city accommodating 1,250 devotees. The tent city is equipped with facilities of bed, toilets, drinking water, bathrooms and other facilities.
Deoghar Deputy Commissioner (DC), Rahul Kumar Sinha said, “The tent city is mainly for those devotes who reach the temple town on vehicles. As Kanwariyas after offering prayers at Baidyanath Dham temple prefers to visit Basukinath (43 km from Deoghar), much of the arrangements for Kanwariyas have been made on route from Sultanganj to Deoghar and from Deoghar to Basukinath.”
Sinha further said that as month-long Shravani Mela, attended by lakhs of people every year, elaborate security arrangements have been made. “Around 10,000 police personnel from State police, central paramilitary forces, home guards, railway police, bomb squad, dog squad, ATS and other police forces will be deployed.
300 CCTVs cameras, 25 drone cameras and two helium balloons fitted with cameras will be on surveillance job,” added Sinha.