Sawan 2020: On ‘Sawan Somwar’, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath performs the puja
New Delhi:
Sawan 2020: Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh puja at the Mansarovar Temple in Gorakhpur, the auspicious “Sawan Somwar” or the first Monday of Sawan. Sawan or Shravan, the fourth month of the Hindu calendar, dedicated to Lord Shiva, begins today and ends on August 3. Devotees across the country quickly observe and pray to Lord Shiva on each “Sawan Somwar”.
Yogi Adityanath greeted people on Twitter on ‘Sawan Somwar’. “Greetings for the first” Somwar “of” Sawan “- Lord Shiva’s favorite and most auspicious day. May Lord Shiva’s blessing protect people and the coronavirus be destroyed,” wrote the chief minister. UP on Twitter. The chief minister is the chief priest of the Gorakhnath temple.
#WATCH Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayer at Mansarovar Temple in Gorakhpur on the first Monday of “sawan” month. pic.twitter.com/fjnaD5JGBc
– ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 6, 2020
Gorakhpur: Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayer at the Mansarovar temple on the first Monday of the month of ‘sawan’. pic.twitter.com/4EL6YRmv7b
– ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 6, 2020
In Varanasi, the faithful took a sacred dip in Ganga and offered prayers on “Sawan Somwar”. Many gathered at the Kashi Vishwanath temple this morning.
Varanasi: the faithful meet at the temple of Kashi Vishwanath on the first Monday of the month of “sawan”. pic.twitter.com/hIFi1obhEJ
– ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 6, 2020
Special puja and aarti was performed at the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain today.
#WATCH: Prayers offered at the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain, the first Monday of the month of ‘sawan’. #Madhya Pradeshpic.twitter.com/vNsw4UNbir
– ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2020
Devotees offer prayers at Gauri Shankar temple in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk on ‘Sawan Somwar’. Temple authorities say the precautionary measures against the coronavirus have been maintained.
Delhi: faithful offer prayers at Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk on the first Monday of the month of “sawan”. The temperature of the faithful is also checked with a thermometer gun, as a precaution to contain the spread of #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/YCQY3klqY9
– ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2020
Sawan is also the second of the Chaturmas or the auspicious four months of the year. According to mythology, it was in Sawan that Lord Shiva had chosen Parvati as his wife and the month is dedicated to Shiva and Parvati. Many Shiva worshipers fast every Monday or at “Sawan Somwar” to ask for his blessings.
