Kashi Vishwanath made a record, more than 5 lakh Shiva devotees visited on March 17
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Varanasi (Uttam Hindu News): Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham is breaking its own records. Lakhs of devotees gather here for darshan during festivals including Sawan and Mahashivratri, even on a normal day like Sunday (17 March), more than 5 lakh devotees of Shiva visit here. This number is generally equal to the number of visitors coming on special festivals.
In fact, devotees are continuously flocking to have darshan of Kashi Puradhipati Devadhidev Mahadev. Due to the convenience and security in the new and grand Srikashi Vishwanath Dham temple, the traffic of visitors to Kashi is continuously increasing.
After the transformation of the Kashi Vishwanath temple complex from about 3,000 square feet to a huge area of about 5 lakh square feet, Sanatanis are flocking to the Dham for darshan. Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, Chief Executive Officer of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, said that on March 17, a new record of the highest daily number of visitors was established. A total of 5,03,024 visitors got darshan of Mahadev on this day.
He told that before the inauguration of the corridor, on normal days the number of devotees was around 20 to 30 thousand, whereas after the inauguration, the number of devotees increased to 1.5 to 2 lakh. The number of devotees is highest during Sawan and Mahashivratri, but this has been seen for the first time on normal days, when the number of Shiva devotees has crossed 5 lakh in a day.
Pradeep Rai, Secretary, Travel Agent Association of India (TAAI), Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, said that tourists are most interested in the two-way circuit of Ayodhya and Kashi. In both the religious cities, maximum number of tourists are coming during weekends.
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