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Devotees throng temples to offer prayers on first Monday of Sawan

Devotees offered prayer in several parts of the country on the first 10th July of the month of Sawan 2023. Devotees offered prayers at the Nageshwar Shiv temple in Kanpur and the Daksha Prajapati Shiv temple in Haridwar.

'Bhasma aarti' was performed at Ujjain's renowned Mahakaleshwar Temple on the first Monday of Sawan month in Madhya Pradesh.

In the national capital, devotees were seen offering prayers at Gauri Shankar Temple in Chandni Chowk.Devotees also thronged the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi In Gorakhpur, devotees offered prayers at Mahadev Jharkhandi Shiv Temple on the occasion. This year, Sawan will last for two months. It started on July 4 and will go on till August 31. It would be 59 days long and there would be eight Mondays instead of four.

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