On the second Monday of Shravan month, a different kind of gaiety was seen in the Shiva temples. In this scorching heat, the devotion of the devotees was seen, who stood in queues for hours, making the whole atmosphere devotional by chanting the slogan of Bol Bam, and prayed for the fulfillment of their desired wishes by offering water to Baba. For the darshan of the self-manifested Lord Bholenath located in Kubernath Dham, male and female devotees stood in queues from the morning itself with white sandalwood, bilvapatra, maddar flower, bhang, cow milk, white akshat. The entire atmosphere was created by the slogans of Har-Har, Bam-Bam. The devotees kept offering water to fulfill their desired wishes. This sequence continued from morning till late evening. The wishes of all the men and women who keep fast in the month of Shravan, the most favorite month of Bholenath and Mata Parvati, are fulfilled. The responsibility of security arrangements was handled by the police station in-charge of Kuber Sthan, Ashwani Kumar Rai, along with his colleagues. While Mahant Rajkumar Giri along with his entire team of the temple was handling the security responsibility from the sanctum sanctorum to the entire fair area. Along with this, the entire fair area from the temple premises remains under the surveillance of CCTV cameras. A battalion of PAC, fire brigade and Thanadhyaksha Turk Patti, Thanadhyaksha Barwa Patti, Thanadhyaksha Bishanpura, Thanadhyaksha Tamkuhi Raj along with their colleagues were engaged in security arrangements throughout the day.
Bholenath bathed with the Ganga water of faith
