CG up for new beginning

 

 

HUGE rush of devotees were witnessed at all major temples of capital Raipur, on the first day of New Year (2026) on Thursday. The devotees have rushed to the temples from early morning to seek blessings of Gods and Goddesses on the start of the year 2026. Long queues were seen since early morning outside temples consisted of Ram-Janki Temple in Airport Road, Kalibadi near Vivekananda Sarovar, ISKON Temple Raipur, Sai Baba Temple and other temples of the capital.

 

In Ram-Janki Temple in Airport Road and ISKON Temple, a heavy rush was witnessed with devotees lining up as early as 6 am in this chill winter. Traffic congestion was reported at these places due to a large number of vehicles heading towards temples. At Kalabadi Temple and Sai Baba Temple, the gates have remained open and continuous darshan was a l l o w e d .

 

Elaborate security arrangements have been made with additional personnel of Chhattisgarh Police and Traffic Police deployed inside and outside of these temples. Pradeep Sensharma, manager of Kalibadi Raipur said that devotees started arriving on Thursday morning and attended the morning aarti amid special arrangements. In many temples of the city, thousands of devotees participated in aartis, with long queues of vehicles seen on the approach road.