August 24, 2026 3:00 PM
Devotion surges in Deoghar on final Shravan Somwar; over three lakh devotees expected
A massive congregation of devotees gathered in Jharkhand's Deoghar on Monday for the fourth and final Monday of the holy month of Shravan, with more than three lakh pilgrims expected to offer holy water at the Baba Baidyanath temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. The occasion marks the concluding phase of the 2026 Shravani Mela, with chants of "Har Har Mahadev" and "Bol Bam" reverberating across Deoghar and along the nearly 105-km Kanwariya route from Sultanganj. Kanwariyas began arriving in lar...