Varanasi: obtained from the Canadian Gallery, 18th-century IDOLA Dewi Annapurna, which was brought through the country with a purity train, entering Varanasi hours after Sunday midnight.
The Mega Procession began from Delhi on November 11, attending a large ceremony to hand over ancient idols for government representatives.
“Pran Pratistha” (Consecration) of the god will be placed in front of Yogi Adyityanath’s head minister at the newly built annotated temple in Kashi Vishwanath’s temple corridor on Monday morning.
When a tortuous procession through Sultanpur and the adjacent Jaunpur Regency, ‘Rath’ was stopped several times by many people and this delayed the entry of gods to Varanasi.
Before reaching Durgakund, Rathyatra passed Pindra, Babatpur, Shivpur, Circuit House, Chowkaghat, Teliabagh, Rathyatra, Manduadih and Lanka.
District Judge Kaushal Raj Sharma said, the idol would arrive at Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor in the morning after passing Gurudham, Ravindrapuri, Bhelupur, Madanpura, and Godowlia.
The ritual for sanctification will begin on Monday 6 in the morning and the chairman of the Minister of Yogi Adityanath will reach KVT at 9:30 a.m.
to take part in the Aarti ceremony.
After 45 minutes staying at KVT, Yogi will move to Rudraksh International Convention Center to overcome the meeting of the Head of Religious.
Regarding the preparation for the installation of Annapurna Idol, Commissioner Division Deepak Agrawal said, “A temple has been built in ‘Ishan Kon’ (the northeast corner) according to Vastu Shashtra and the temple is close to the northern entrance of Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) Area.” This idol was stolen From Kashi and smuggled to Canada a century ago.
In ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on November 29, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the return of this idol to Delhi from Canada, said that it was stolen from Kashi Temple and smuggled out of the country in 1913.
Rathyatra to bring idols to Kashi starting from Delhi on November 11.
After passing Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Hathras, Soron in Kasganj, Kasanja, Kanpur Nagar, Unnao, Lucknow and Barabour, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, and Jaunpur, it achieved Varanasi.