Khushi and her mother Sushma Devi, who were returning after performing Jalabhishek in the Dham on Sunday amid the Kanwar Yatra, appeared on a bicycle. When the team of Samvad News Agency stopped the cycle and asked her, Roorkee resident Sushma Devi told that she wished that she would go to Neelkanth Dham for Jalabhishek.
His 14-year-old daughter Khushi made him sit on a bicycle and reached Neelkanth Dham to fulfill his wish. Said that on July 22, he had left home for Neelkanth Dham. Reached Laxmanjhula on 23 July evening. After performing Jalabhishek of Lord Shiva in Neelkanth in the morning on 24th July, now we are going back towards Roorkee. Said his daughter is also no less than a Shravan Kumar for him.
At the same time, only two days are left for the Kanwar Yatra. July 26 is the last day of the journey. As the day of Jalabhishek is getting shorter, so is the influx of Shiva devotees in Neelkanth Dham. Three lakh devotees performed Jalabhishek of Lord Shiva at Neelkanth temple on Sunday.
On Sunday, kanwariyas thronged the Barrage-Neelkanth motor road and on foot under Rajaji Tiger Reserve. Due to the crowd, there has been a long jam of vehicles on the motorway at places like Garudchatti, Rattapani, Ghattugad, Pipalkoti, Maun etc. Traffic was disrupted on the route due to the crowd of dak kanwar. Same was the case with Neelkanth pedestrian route.
There was a crowd of Shiva devotees up to the rigged water, Poondrasu and Neelkanth temple above the Mouni Baba cave. On foot, the kanwariyas kept on moving towards the pagoda intermittently. To control the crowd, the police had to put up barricades from time to time. Throughout the day the foot and motorways resonated with the annals of Har Har Mahadev. Two-wheelers were seen swaying on the motorway throughout the day.
There was a gathering of two-wheelers near Bagh Khala and Dobata on the Barrage motorway. Police personnel lost their sweat to control the crowd. Shivanand Giri, the priest of the temple, told that from one o’clock on Sunday night, the Jalabhishek of Kanwariyas had started in Neelkanth Dham, which lasted till late night. During this, about three lakh Shiva devotees performed Jalabhishek in Neelkanth Dham.