Devotees flock to temples on the first day of the New Year in Mysuru
The Hindu
Devotees flocked to various temples in Mysuru city to seek blessings on the first day of New Year on Wednesday.
Devotees flocked to various temples in Mysuru city to seek blessings on the first day of New Year on Wednesday.
The lengthy queues before some popular temples began as early as 6 a.m. as the temple doors were opened in the early hours after the morning rituals in view of ‘Dhanurmasa’.
A large number of devotees thronged the Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hills and the special darshan queues stretched up to a distance, forcing the devotees to wait for their turn for the darshan. Adequate security was in place in anticipation of heavy rush of devotees.
Devotees stood in a long queue at the Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple in Vijayanagar first stage, since morning for the darshan. The temple authorities distributed laddus to mark the New Year.
Temples in other parts of the city, the Lakshmi Venkataramaswamy Temple in Vontikoppal and the Datta Venkateshwara Swamy Temple at Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram also witnessed a rush of devotees.
People also thronged the Nanjundeshwaraswamy Temple in Nanjangud; the Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangapatna and Male Mahadeshwaraswamy Temple on M.M. Hills.
On M.M. Hills, devotees were allowed for the darshan after the special rituals to the deity.
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