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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G.V.R. Subba Rao

Darshan for common devotees goes for a toss at Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada

Darshan of the presiding deity at the Kanaka Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri to the common man went for a toss on Sunday, with officials on duty apparently failing to control the VIP darshan.

The queue lines were crowded with devotees from dawn itself, but the darshan was glaringly mismanaged with devotees having to wait for hours on end. A child reportedly suffered fits while standing in the queue and was rushed to a hospital. 

Though the police had virtually taken control of Indrakeeladri and top officers were overseeing the queue movement, the common devotees, standing in queues from Vinayaka temple onwards, had to face many hardships.

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