Thousands of devotees offered special prayers in Lord Shiva’s Srimukhalingam temple in the early hours of Saturday, after witnessing Lingodbhavam, a celestial event that takes place every year on the occasion of Maha Sivaratri. Palakhemundi princely state’s queen and trustee of the temple Kalyana Gajapati and other VIPs offered the prayers and participated in Ksheerabhisekham and Rudrabhisekham.
The temple chief priest Naidugari Rajasekhar ensured the traditional welcome to Ms. Kalyani Gajapathi. The temple is expected to witness more crowd on Monday also, with the scheduled Chakra Teertham festival. The devotees will take a holy bath in Vamsadhara river and offer prayer in the temple on the eve of Chakrateertham.
