Heavy rush of devotees was seen at Baba Batuk Bhairav Temple at Kamachha here on Sunday when annual Hariyali and Jal Vihar Shringar was held in which the Almighty was seen in the child form of Mahadev (Lord Shiva).The entire temple premises was decorated and Balrup Mahadev sitting on the Rajat Singhasan (silver throne) gave darshan to the devotees. Like the previous years, the ancient Shri Batuk Bhairav Temple also organised the festival this year in a grand way. Mahadev appeared in his child form sitting on the silver throne and gave it to his exclusive devotees. Devotees started pouring in from 5 am to have a panoramic darshan of the divine tableau and it continued throughout the day.
The programme began with Mangala Aarti in the wee hours followed by Baba’s Panchamrit bath. Maha Aarti took place at 9 pm. Mahant Rakesh Puri performed Baba’s Maha Aarti with 1008 lighted lamps and 1.25 kilos of kapur (camphor). Damru was being played by 51 devotees during Maha Aarti. On this auspicious occasion, the devotees got darshan of Shri Baba Batuk Bhairav and were delighted to receive prasad in the bhandara.
During the shringar, the sanctum sanctorum and temple premises were decorated along with a cave-like path made outside where the devotees have a different feeling seeing pictures of different birds, snakes etc. The sanctum sanctorum, temple premises and surroundings were beautifully decorated by famous gardeners with kamini and ashoka leaves and bella, rose and marigold flowers under the guidance of Mahant Bhaskar Puri and Rakesh Puri.
Baba Vishwanath Ji Dham Kalash Yatra taken out: Under the auspices of Varuna Kshetra Vyapar Mandal, the Baba Vishwanath Ji Dham Kalash Yatra was on Sunday taken out which culminated at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham and the abhishek of Baba Vishwanath was performed by the members of the organisation. The Baba Vishwanath Ji Dham Kalash Yatra was also attended by women and children besides the members of the organisation and it began from Varuna Pool Petrol Pump and culminated at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham covering the areas of Nadesar, Reliance Bagh, Lahurabir, Chetganj, Nai Sarak, Girajaghar and Godowlia. The members of the organisation and others performed abhishek of Baba Vishwanath in Shri Kashi Vishwanath Mandir. The general secretary of the organisation Somnath Vishwakarma led the Kalash Yatra and its main attraction was shivling of Lord Shiva and the devotees carrying flags of saffron colour. Pratik Sharma, Vinay Gupta Monu, Rajendra Yadav (corporator), Abhishek Ojha, Khushi, Meenu, Asha and others joined the Kalash Yatra.
Youth conference organised: Under the joint auspices of Ramakrishna Advaita Ashram and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashram, Vivekananda Study Group organised a youth conference on the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the worldwide Ramakrishna Mission in which about 300 children from 16 educational institutions of Kashi including BHU, MGKV and others participated. The programme was inaugurated by lighting the lamp with Vedic invocation. Swami Rajendranand gave the welcome speech. Ashram President Swami Vishwatmanand while highlighting the topic said that the service rendered by Ramakrishna Mission to the nation in the last 125 years is incomparable. Eminent speaker from Prayagraj and UPSC motivator Raviraj Singh said that with the inspiration of Swami Vivekananda and the strength of the youth, India will win the world again and become the Vishwa Guru again and this will be achieved by us not with the sword, but with love and the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Underlining the sources of building a successful life, Dr Swami Dayapurnanand said that a person should have a goal, an ideal and should get rid of negativity at any cost. In the same sequence, Mahimna Dave, Rudrakant Mishra, Atul Kumar and Ankit Kumar were among the young speakers. Many questions were asked by the youth, which were resolved by Sevashram Secretary Swami Bhedatitanand. Swami Dharnidharanand proposed the vote of thanks while Utkarsh Choubey conducted the programme. Swami Devadipanand, Ishaan Choubey, Kartik Jha, Ardhendu Banerjee etc made valuable contributions in making the programme successful.