Prasagraj: The day before the first Monday in the month of Shrawan, a handful of Kanwariyas was seen on the edge of the Ganga for taking holy water from Sangam – Ganga Meeting, Yamuna and Saraswati myths – here on Sunday.
Despite the fact that the state government has canceled the Yatra Kanwar this year in the view of Corona Pandemi, a group of Kanwariyas wearing infidel and kanwar clothes on their shoulders, on Sunday afternoon arriving from Pratapgarh Regency to take holy water from Sangam and start the trip back to Pratapgarh Where they will offer Jalabhishek at Lord Shiva in Baba Bhayaran Nath Dham in Pratapgarh on Monday.
Group members including Kumar Manish, Triloki Nath, Ashish Tiwari and other people and residents of Mahoba Tiraha said, “We came from the Mahoba Tiraha area of the Pratapgarh district to take holy water from Sangam because we would do Jalabhishek at the famous Lord Shiva Temple in Baba Bhayaran Nath Dham at Poore Torai, Katra Gulab Singh (Pratapgarh) on Monday.
“Manish said,” I along with a group of five people arrived to take holy water and we began our journey with bare feet from Pratapgarh to the ProAgraj this morning and collected holy water from Sangam.
He said that we have maintained social distance while walking to Prayagraj and using masks.
“Because he was asked about the state government’s decision to cancel Kanwar Yatra, Manish said that the problem of faith and the government might have made the right decision to protect his people from deadly diseases , However, said that people living in villages have not been large.
The worship group and some of them will arrive to take holy water.
The other three members from Kunda also arrived Sangam to take holy water.
One member of the Sharad group said, “After taking holy water from Sangam, we will go to Varanasi to offer Jalabhishek at Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Monday.
He added,” We will cover the distance between Prayagraj and Varanasi at night and will do Jalabhishek on Monday.
“He said that no one had objected at them when they arrived Sangam to take holy water during their trip.
Meanwhile, the authority of Baba Bhayharan Nath Dham said that they had canceled Kanwar Yatra this year.
Secretary General of Baba Bhayharan Nath Dham, Samaj Shekher said, “Apart from banning Yatra Kawarra this year, we have strictly followed the distance of social and made the use of mandatory masks on the temple campus.
Since the beginning of the month of Shrawan and the worshipers began visiting the Dham campus, the volunteers of the temple had focused on compliance with the Covid-19 protocol and no one without a WA mask that had been called to enter the Dham campus.
Management also handles the crowd correctly so that there should be no chaos on Monday, Shekhar added.
A handful of Kanwariyas arrived at Sangam River to collect holy water in Prayagraj
