Mahakumbh reversal flows i.e. there is a huge crowd in Kashi with the devotees returning from Prayagraj. About 8 to 10 lakh devotees are reaching Kashi every day. Because of this, there is a rally of vehicles at every square-intersection. People have to get stuck in jam for hours.
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There is a crowd of devotees at the Ganga Ghat in Varanasi since Saturday morning. The devotees who are bathing and taking out have to struggle for hours. Keeping in mind the huge crowd, the Manikarnika gate has been closed.
There are 3-4 km long lines of devotees to visit Baba Vishwanath Dham. Devotees have to stand for 4 to 5 hours. In view of the crowd in the weekend, the police administration has alerted all the teams.
Crowd of devotees outside Vishwanath temple, see photos
Line from Vishwanath Temple to Chowk.
Devotees chanting Vishwanath Temple Har Har Mahadev.
There is a line of about 3 to 4 km outside the temple.
The crowd is so much that the people who come together are getting lost. Outside the temple, they are being announced to find them.
The administration has closed the Manikarnika gate in view of the ever -increasing crowd of devotees on Baba Vishwanath Dham and Ganga Ghats. Now the devotees have been sent from the Chowk to the ghat. The police is busy in controlling the crowd by barricading from place to place.
Given the crowd, the Manikarnika gate has been closed.
Millions of devotees reached Kashi every day Devotees returning from Mahakumbh are reaching Varanasi. Because of this, the roads going from Maidagin to Gadaulia, Sonarpura, New Road and Dashashwamedh Ghat are full of devotees. Millions of devotees are coming to Kashi every day.
Devotees waiting for the train at the station
According to the data of Vishwanath Dham, about 3 million devotees visited Baba this week. The administration is on alert mode in view of the huge crowd of devotees. The police administration has implemented route diversion at major square-intersections. While in view of the increasing crowd, external trains are being stopped at the border of Varanasi.
There is such a crowd of devotees at the Ganga Ghat that people are not even getting a place to get out of the ghats. Devotees are arriving from one ghat to another after hours of struggle.
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No place to set foot on Ganga Ghat
Crowd of devotees at Dashashwamedh Ghat
Marwari devotees waiting for the crowd to leave. The cheering of Har Har Har Mahadev.
Hotel, Lodge and Guest House Full, Night Cut at Station The effect of Mahakumbh is such that all the small and big hotels in the city are full till the guest house, lodge and home stay. Most of the hotels, guest houses have been booked by online travel houses. She is selling rooms according to her own. At the same time, home stays are also being booked online. Most of the coming devotees are now resorting to the shelter site.
Kamlesh Tiwari of Marwari Ashram said that we have 300 waist here. All have become full. Arrangements have been made for people to live in the courtyard. Even after that, thousands of people are reaching to ask the camera every day.
The devotees from Rajasthan said that we have gone on a journey for the last five days. First went to Mahakumbh and now Baba was standing in line for 6 hours to visit Vishwanath. The Yogi government has done good arrangements. There was no inconvenience.
Divert being crowded in the streets from Gadaulia
In the Kashi Vishwanath temple, there was a queue of visitors in two lines inside the barricading. This queue has reached Chowk, Nichibagh, Bulanala, Maidagin and Kotwali via gate number four. At the same time, the city officials are controlling the crowd by taking to the road themselves.
DCP Gaurav Kumar Banswal informed that Divya Mahakumbh is going on in Prayagraj, which will run till 26 February. There is a huge crowd of devotees in Banaras about this. Gadaulia Maidagin is very crowded. There is a lot of crowd on the ghat too. In view of this, diversion has been done at major places of the city.
City officials themselves are controlling the crowd by taking to the road
Four -wheel vehicles have been completely stopped on many routes. Also, external trains are being stopped on the border itself. Their trains are being parked in the parking lot there. Due to the huge crowd, no untoward incident occurred, to prevent it, Ghat roads and major sites are being monitored from CCTV and drone.
It is our whole effort that in any way the passengers should not have trouble here, it should be taken care of. A large number of night shelters have been made here, parking has been arranged.
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