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Published: Odishatv Bureau
Last updated: 02 December 2022, 11:33 AM IST
The two-day-long festival of the Mahima sadhus is expected to see a huge rush of visitors and devotees as it is being held after a Covid-induced gap of two years.
The only qualification required is that one should have completed matriculation and should be from a poor financial background.
The presiding deities of Konark, Lord Tribeniswara, Lord Aisaneswara and Lord Dakhineswara were taken out on a grand procession to the Tirtha Mandap at Chandrabhaga on the auspicious occasion following which the devotees took the holy dip at 4:41am.
The ‘havan kunds' are being set up where hundreds of Naga Sadhus from different parts of the country will be dip themselves in intense ‘sadhana’ for the next few days here to appease Lord Shiva and seek blessings of the goddess.
The two-day-long festival of the Mahima sadhus is expected to see a huge rush of visitors and devotees as it is being held after a Covid-induced gap of two years.
The only qualification required is that one should have completed matriculation and should be from a poor financial background.