Gorakhpur, Jan. 14 -- The main festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on Thursday, but a day earlier, the Gorakhnath Temple witnessed an overwhelming outpouring of devotion on Wednesday. From the early hours of the morning, long queues of devotees extended from the temple complex to the outer areas as they arrived to offer sacred khichdi to Shiva avatar Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath.
On Thursday, during the auspicious Brahma Muhurta, Gorakshpeethadhishwar and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will offer the devotional khichdi to Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath. While millions of devotees paid their obeisance a day ahead of the festival in the temple.
Devotees had begun assembling at the Gorakhnath Temple from Tuesday night itself. As soon as the...