Deoghar, Aug. 3 -- A large number of devotees visited Baba Baidyanath Dham on the first Monday of the Shravan month in Jharkhand's Deoghar, with officials expecting approximately 2 to 3 lakh people to visit the temple today.

On this occasion, Deoghar SDO and Temple In-charge Ravi Kumar mentioned that around 150,000 people visited the shrine on Sunday. To accommodate the surge, authorities have extended the outer 'argha' (offering receptacle) for those unable to join the long main queues in the temple.

Furthermore, the queuing system has been organised efficiently and features a large number of expandable barriers both inside and outside the temple premises to ensure orderly movement of the crowd.

"Today is the first Monday of the Shrav...