Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath reached Ujjain on sixth Shravan-Somwar and offered prayers to replica of “Mahakal Shivling” before the special procession was taken out from Mahakaleshwar temple, Ujjain.
A few minutes after the special aarti, the procession departed from Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple.
As per rituals, on every Monday of the hindu month “Shravan” a special procession is taken out to the Ujjain city from Mahakaleshwar temple. Also, carving a replica of Mahakaleshwar shivling is a part of the same.
This Monday the PCC (Pradesh Congress Committee) member Kamal Nath participated in the pre-procession rituals and worshipped the imitated-version of Lord Mahakal’s Shivling before the procession was scheduled to be taken out.
Few minutes after the venerations and Arti, Lord Mahakal went out on a city tour in a palanquin along with numbers of the devotees.
As this was the 6th Mahakal Sawari, only two more of these processions are remaining for the year 2023’s month of Shravan. The last two Mahakal Sawari would be taken out on August 21, 2023 and August 28, 2023.