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Devotees queuing up successful beforehand of the Shiva Temple successful Malmaruti Extension during Mahashivaratri celebrations successful Belagavi connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: P.K. BADIGER
Mahashivaratri was celebrated crossed the North Karnataka region. Special pujas were held successful assorted temples successful assorted cities and villages.
A immense assemblage of devotees flocked to the Shivaratri Jatra Mahotsav of Sadguru Sri Siddharoodha Swamy successful Hubballi connected Sunday.
Devotees from each implicit the state came connected ft and successful vehicles, raising slogans similar Sri Siddharoodha Maharajki Jai, portion members of galore organisations served them by distributing h2o and effect slices.
They paid obeisance to the Samadhis of past seers Sri Siddharoodha and Sri Gurunatharudha.
Sri Siddharoodha Swamy Rathotsava volition beryllium organised connected Monday.
Mahashivaratri puja programmes were organised astatine assorted temples. Mahashivaratri vigil was carried retired astatine the Sri Ramalingeshwara Temple successful Unkal. Thousands of devotees participated.
KLE Society president Prabhakar Kore offering puja during his sojourn to Sri Mahabaleshwar Temple successful Gokarna for Mahashivaratri celebrations connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Devotees arrived astatine the historical Chandramouleshwara Temple successful Unkal and stood successful queues since greeting to person darshan.
A ample fig of devotees came to the Ishwar Temple connected the Railway Station Road successful Hubballi.
They offered dates, Holige and Kadubu and fruits. Bhajans are being held passim the time and night.
Rituals were besides held successful Budanagudda Basavanna Devara Temple.
In Dharwad, assorted rituals were held successful the Someshwar Temple. Devotees, dressed successful accepted attire, carried offerings of milk, h2o and bael leaves.
Many observed day-long accelerated and sang devotional songs successful the evening. Some Mahila Mandals organised bhajan singing and creation programmes wrong the temple premises. Celebrations were besides organised successful the Mudi Maruti Temple successful Mangalwarpeth.
In Belagavi, agelong queues of devotees were recovered extracurricular temples. Police cordoned disconnected the country surrounding the Sri Kapileshwar Temple.
Leaders visited temples. KLE Society president Prabhakar Kore visited the Sri Mahabaleshwar Temple successful Gokarna. He said that helium has been going to the temple since helium was a child, on with his begetter and household members. His friends similar Srikant Virgi, Anil Bagi, Bharat Banavane, Ajit Desai, Vijay Jadhav, Ashok Ghorpade, Suresh Patil and others were present.
Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, lad Mrunal Hebbalkar and her member and MLC Channaraj Hattiholi visited the Kapileshwar Temple. She said that she prayed for the payment of the State.
Religious programs were conducted with large devotion and grandeur astatine the Shivalaya located wrong the KLE Society campus.
Special rituals, including the Maha Rudrabhishek, were performed successful the greeting according to accepted customs.
KLE Society directors Mahantesh Kavatagimath and Preeti Kore Dodawad, Vice-Chancellor S.S. Mahantashetti, Principal Rajesh Pawar and Temple Committee President Vishwanath Pattan Shetty and others were contiguous connected the occasion. Chief clergyman Vedamurthy Shankaraya Hiremath conducted the rituals.
MLA Shashikala Jolle and her hubby and erstwhile MP Anna Saheb Jolle visited the Sri Mahadev Mandir successful Nippani.
