Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, said, "The tradition of Rangbhari Ekadashi is very ancient in Kashi...This tradition is followed in Kashi Vishwanath Dham.
Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust CEO Vishwa Bhushan Mishra stated that by this morning, around 1.6 lakh devotees had already taken darshan. He added that the temple administration expects a total footfall of eight to ten lakh devotees this year.
According to Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, the Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, the main shrine of the temple was offered 21 quintals of various types of sweets and offerings; meanwhile, the premises were also decorated beautifully.
Several key resolutions related to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple were adopted in a meeting of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, Shri Kashi Vishwanath Vishwa Kshetra Vikas Parishad, and the Executive Committee of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust.
"Currently, we are also engaged in preparing for the Ganga Saptami festival so preparations for that are also underway. PM Modi will be visiting here and we are all ready to welcome him," he added.
The Allahabad High Court has refused to ban the puja after the completion of the hearing of the appeals challenging the validity of the District Judge's order granting permission to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to perform puja at Gyanvapi Grihtal in Varanasi.