Odisha: Devotees throng Samaleswari in giant numbers
3 min readBy Express News Service
SAMBALPUR: Thousands of devotees thronged the Samaleswari temple in Sambalpur to witness the presiding deity Samaleswari in “Dhabalamukhi Besha” on the event of Mahalaya on Saturday. Goddess Samaleswari adorns the ‘Dhabalamukhi Besha’ just for two and half days in a yr whereas throughout the remainder of the yr, she dons her typical crimson avatar.
This yr, the goddess will stay in ‘Dhabalamukhi Besha’ also called ‘Ganga Darshan’ until 3 pm on Monday. The preparation for the adornment begins the evening earlier than and takes an hour. Subsequently, after the rituals, the gates of the temple are opened for the devotees.
President of Samaleswari Temple Trust Board, Sanjaya Baboo stated, “The temple gates have been opened for the devotees at 6 am on Saturday morning. Prior to that, the clergymen carried out particular rituals associated to the besha. Later, within the morning and the night ‘Alati’ was streamed dwell on the Facebook web page of the Temple Trust Board.
Elaborate preparations have been made by the temple authority for the devotees coming from throughout western Odisha and the neighbouring states. Similarly, enough police preparations have additionally been made for the peaceable ‘darshan’ of the deity. After Mahalaya, Navaratra Puja begins and continues for 9 days in Samaleswari temple right here, Baboo added.
According to temple authorities, greater than 30,000 individuals had visited the temple for a glimpse of the deity by 3 pm and the footfall is predicted to exceed 60,000 by the top of the day. Likewise, the temple data a better than typical footfall in the course of the Dhabalamukhi Besha. On the opposite hand, the dwell broadcast of the morning alati on Mahalaya recorded greater than 75,000 views and 1,200 shares.
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SAMBALPUR: Thousands of devotees thronged the Samaleswari temple in Sambalpur to witness the presiding deity Samaleswari in “Dhabalamukhi Besha” on the event of Mahalaya on Saturday. Goddess Samaleswari adorns the ‘Dhabalamukhi Besha’ just for two and half days in a yr whereas throughout the remainder of the yr, she dons her typical crimson avatar.
This yr, the goddess will stay in ‘Dhabalamukhi Besha’ also called ‘Ganga Darshan’ until 3 pm on Monday. The preparation for the adornment begins the evening earlier than and takes an hour. Subsequently, after the rituals, the gates of the temple are opened for the devotees.
President of Samaleswari Temple Trust Board, Sanjaya Baboo stated, “The temple gates have been opened for the devotees at 6 am on Saturday morning. Prior to that, the clergymen carried out particular rituals associated to the besha. Later, within the morning and the night ‘Alati’ was streamed dwell on the Facebook web page of the Temple Trust Board.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Elaborate preparations have been made by the temple authority for the devotees coming from throughout western Odisha and the neighbouring states. Similarly, enough police preparations have additionally been made for the peaceable ‘darshan’ of the deity. After Mahalaya, Navaratra Puja begins and continues for 9 days in Samaleswari temple right here, Baboo added.
According to temple authorities, greater than 30,000 individuals had visited the temple for a glimpse of the deity by 3 pm and the footfall is predicted to exceed 60,000 by the top of the day. Likewise, the temple data a better than typical footfall in the course of the Dhabalamukhi Besha. On the opposite hand, the dwell broadcast of the morning alati on Mahalaya recorded greater than 75,000 views and 1,200 shares. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp
