Varanasi: Within less than a month of the inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 13, Kashi Vishwanath Dham witnessed a record of worshipers a day to offer prayer on Saturday – New Year’s Day.
According to the record of the police, 3.35 Lakh pilgrims entered the Kashi Vishwanath temple for Darshan and prayer, while district officials expect the presence of more than five lakh people in KV Dham including those who offer prayers in the middle of the crowd.
Footfall recording warns the police and administration of the risk of density after the new crowd management settings are announced and traffic restrictions are inserted into a temple radius of more than 2 km.
“Compared to the footnote in the past at Kashi Vishwanath Temple a day which ranged from 2 lakh-2.50 lakh on special occasions such as the Mahashivratri or Monday Moon Shrawan festival, we watched a crowd of more than five lakhs on KV Dham on Saturday .
the number of pilgrims who visited KVD is a new record of footsteps in a day at the temple, “said Commissioner of the Division and Chairman of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Special Area Development Council Deepak Agrawal.
The big footsteps on Saturday were really surprising because there was no tendency for massive meetings on New Year’s Day, he added.
According to the past records giving temples and Gyanvapi security control rooms, witnesses of KV Temple crowds in normal days due to the arrival of outstation pilgrims and the average feet of worshipers is around 10,000, but the number of worshipers risen to the top two lakhs on special events Like Mahashivratri and Monday Moon Shrawan.