Varanasi, Aug. 11 -- Devotees across several parts of India gathered at prominent Shiva temples on Tuesday to mark Sawan Shivratri, offering prayers and performing Jalabhishek as religious activities were held at temples in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Delhi and Haryana.

In Varanasi, devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga before offering prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Sawan Shivratri.

In Uttar Pradesh, a large gathering of Kanwariyas was also witnessed at the Baba Augarnath Temple in Meerut, where lakhs of devotees performed Jalabhishek on the occasion.

Amid a massive gathering of devotees at Baba Augarnath Temple on Sawan Shivratri, ADG Bhanu Bhashkar said that extensive security arrangements have been made to mana...