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Devotion and spiritual fervour marked Mahasivaratri celebrations crossed the metropolis connected Sunday, with priests rendering Vedic hymns astatine large Siva temples.
An artiste successful the attire of Lord Siva walking on the Main Road adjacent GVMC connected the juncture of Mahasivaratri successful Visakhapatnam connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: V RAJU
The 41st Maha Kumbhabhishekam astatine RK Beach emerged arsenic the centrepiece of the festivities. The iconic Beach Road echoed with chants arsenic thousands of devotees gathered for the Kotilingalu ceremony.
Former Union Minister T. Subbarami Reddy oversaw the rituals, which included abhishekam to 1 crore Siva Lingas with beatified h2o brought from ineffable rivers crossed the country.
Despite choky information arrangements successful presumption of the International Fleet Review, an estimated 2 lakh devotees thronged the formation for the beatified dip and the evening spiritual congregation. The territory administration, on with the police, deployed drone surveillance and astir 8,000 unit to modulate the crowd, arsenic festival attendees and naval visitors converged astatine the venue.
Meanwhile, B. K. Aparanji of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual organisation successful Murali Nagar said the spiritual celebrations reached their highest implicit the weekend. The programme began connected Friday with an elaborate show of the Dvadasa Jyotirlingas, representing the 12 ineffable abodes of Lord Siva. The accumulation was unfastened to the nationalist from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., enabling devotees to connection prayers and witnesser the installations.
