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Varanasi DM Reviews Kanwar Yatra Security at Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Varanasi District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar inspected the Kashi Vishwanath Temple area on Monday to review arrangements for devotees arriving during the Shravan month. He interacted with pilgrims, gathering feedback on darshan, drinking water, cleanliness, and transportation facilities. The DM directed officials to improve cleanliness and ensure systematic darshan while checking security through CCTV monitoring in the control room. He emphasized coordinated efforts among departments to prioritize devotee convenience and safety.

Kanwar Yatra 2026: Varanasi DM inspects Kashi Vishwanath Temple area, reviews security arrangements for devotees

Varanasi, August 10

Varanasi District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar on Monday reviewed the arrangements for darshan and worship in the temple complex for devotees arriving during the month of Shravan, directing officials to ensure smooth darshan, cleanliness, security, and other facilities for pilgrims.

During the inspection, the DM interacted with Shiva devotees and pilgrims who had come to visit and worship Baba Vishwanath and gathered information about their facilities and arrangements.

Extending heartfelt greetings to all devotees and the people of the state on the second Monday of the month of Shravan, the District Magistrate expressed his hope that Lord Shiva's blessings be upon everyone and that everyone's life be filled with happiness, peace, prosperity, and good health.

During the interaction, feedback was taken from devotees regarding any difficulties they faced during the darshan, drinking water, cleanliness, transportation, and other arrangements.

The District Magistrate directed the officials to continuously improve the cleanliness system in the temple premises and surrounding areas and to provide easy and systematic darshan facilities to the devotees. Instructions were also given to ensure effective arrangements in view of the crowd.

Apart from this, the security arrangements of all the devotees were also checked by sitting in the control room and monitoring the CCTV cameras.

He said that providing better facilities to the devotees coming from the country and abroad for the darshan of Baba Vishwanath is the priority of the administration.

Keeping in mind the convenience and safety of the devotees, all the concerned departments should work in coordination with each other.

Officials of the concerned departments and officials associated with the temple administration were present on this occasion.

— ANI

Reader Comments

Rohit P

Good to see the administration taking proactive steps for Kanwar Yatra. Varanasi gets extremely crowded during Shravan, and it's reassuring that the DM personally inspected the arrangements. Har Har Mahadev! 🙏

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