Khichdi Mela 2023: Safety Beefed Up for Annual Gathering at Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur, January 11: The well-known ‘Khichdi Mela’ on the Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur will start here on Sunday amid unprecedented safety, police mentioned. Devotees must undergo three layers of safety to take part within the Mela.

Extra Director Common of Police (ADGP), Akhil Kumar, mentioned devotees must cross by means of three layers of safety. First checking could be executed at entry factors of town, the second on the entry of Gorakhnath temple‘s premises, and third on the entrance gate of the primary temple.

The Gorakhnath temple has been receiving a number of bomb threats, a few of them faux, which has necessitated improve in safety. The district administration has accomplished preparations for the week-long Gorakhpur pageant to be held between January 11 and 17 on the Champa Devi Park.

Speaking to reporters, Mahendra Singh Tanwar, pageant nodal officer and Vice-Chairman of GDA, mentioned practically 200 artistes will participate within the pageant, together with 180 native ones.

Official sources mentioned that the mela premise had been divided into 4 tremendous zones. As well as, a police station had been established on the temple. The annual Khichdi Mela attracts lakhs of devotees from India in addition to Nepal and is a much-awaited occasion. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who heads the Gorakhnath temple, has been personally supervising the preparations.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 11, 2023 08:43 AM IST. For more information and updates on politics, world, sports activities, entertainment and life-style, go surfing to our web site filmypost24.com).