Devotees in large numbers are arriving in Varanasi for darshan at the Kashi Vishwanath temple after taking a holy dip during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Sunday.
One of the devotees who came for darshan said, "We have come here to Ayodhya from Prayagraj. There is a lot of crowd, but there is no problem with darshan. Ramlala is being seen easily, and the arrangement of administration and police is good."
According to police officials, a bus travelling from Chhattisgarh to Ayodhya broke down and was undergoing repairs when a tempo traveller heading to Ayodhya collided with it.
RPF Ayodhya Dham Yashwant Singh said that the police are on constant surveillance at the railway station with more than 235 CCTV cameras. The railways were operating 12 to 15 special trains every day, he added.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued strict directives regarding traffic management at Maha Kumbh, emphasising that officers will be held accountable in case of congestion.
Das, 85, was admitted in PGI Lucknow at around 2 am on the night of January 3 after beiing referred from Ayodhya to the PGI Lucknow. He was brought in a critical condition to the Neurology ward's High Dependency Unit (HDU) at SGPGI.
Speaking to ANI, he said, "it is a pious day of Maghi Purnima. He served as the chief priest from the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi movement to the construction of the grand temple. We have received the sad news of his demise. He has the fortune of serving god and my condolences on his demise. It is
Champat Rai, the General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Wednesday condoled the demise of Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief on the demise of Shree Ram Janmabhoomi chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das who passed away on Wednesday at the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow. Dhami shared a tweet on his official 'X' handle and paid his respects to
Taking to social media post on X, CM Yogi wrote, "The demise of Acharya Shri Satyendra Kumar Das Ji Maharaj, the supreme devotee of Lord Ram and the chief priest of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, Shri Ayodhya Dham is extremely sad and an irreparable loss to the spiritual world. Humble tribu