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month. This was not the case about 1.25 crore people had
earlier. come in a month, this time we
All those who come to Kashi, were expecting more people to
besides many objectives, carry come. Till now, about 80 to 90
a desire of having darshan lakh people have come here and
at the temple as excellent this number will increase further.
arrangements are now in place When we started our
to perform religious rituals. We preparations before the onset
have some permanent buildings of Sawan, we mainly kept the
and facilities like drinking water requirements of devotees in
etc. We have also built a guest mind – be it barricading or easy
house there for lodging purpose. darshan. We had set a target
When we arranged the services that no matter which direction
in the Shrine, we took care of the devotees come from, we
everything, be it the food court, should give them darshan in
the museum or the courtyard, all 25 to 30 minutes. The rows for
these things were made keeping entering and exiting separately
the needs of the devotees in from the four gates were erected
mind. simultaneously. We were working
Since this year Sawan on this plan for a long time and
extends up for two months, the all our stakeholders and the local
Kashi Vishwanath Nyas Parishad police acted in tandem to make
has made preparations the experience memorable and
accordingly. Since last time smooth for the devotees.

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