Mathura, 04 Sept (HS): State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

reached the world famous Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple on the auspicious

occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami on Friday, the second day of his visit to

Braj. First of all, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed the ritualistic

worship of Mother Cow (Gau-Pujan) in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi premises.

After the cow worship, the Chief Minister, with full rituals and faith, visited

Lala (child Krishna) seated in the main sanctum sanctorum and performed special

worship and received his blessings. This was his 20th visit to Shri Krishna

Janmabhoomi as the Chief Minister. On his arrival at the temple premises, the

officials of Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan gave him a grand welcome and

felicitation.

The CM continued to admire the amazing beauty of the silver-decorated

sanctum sanctorum:

On this special and divine festival of Shri Krishna

Janmashtami, the walls of the main sanctum sanctorum of the Janmabhoomi were

decorated in a very supernatural manner by applying a layer of silver. Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath kept gazing with devotion for a long time at this

amazing splendor of the sanctum sanctorum decorated with silver and the

captivating form of Lala. After darshan-puja in the main sanctum sanctorum, the

Chief Minister also visited Yogmaya Temple, Keshavdev Temple and Bhagwat Bhawan

located in the premises and offered darshan-puja and performed puja as per the

rituals. He wished for happiness, peace and prosperity of the country and the

state.

Flowers showered on devotees: Accepting the greetings of

thousands of devotees present at the Janmabhoomi premises on the auspicious

occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath showered

flowers on them and extended heartfelt greetings and best wishes to all the

countrymen on Shri Krishna Janmashtami. The Chief Minister reached among the

artists from Ujjain who were giving a captivating cultural performance at the

Janmabhoomi premises and encouraged them and also got photographs clicked with

them. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stayed at the Janmabhoomi premises for

about 30 minutes.

Presence of Honorable Public Representatives: Minister for

Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, Minister of

State (Independent Charge) for Basic Education Department Sandeep Singh,

District Panchayat President Kishan Chaudhary, MLA Mathura Shrikant Sharma, MLA

Govardhan Meghshyam Singh, MLA Mant Rajesh Chaudhary, Member of Legislative

Council Yogesh Nauhwar, Member of Uttar Pradesh Gau-Seva Commission Ramakant

Upadhyay, Regional President Braj region Puran Lal Lodhi, Metropolitan

President Harishankar Raju Yadav, District President Nirbhay Pandey, Pritam

Singh from Rashtriya Lok Dal and other public representatives were present in

the program.

Presence of officials: Vice President of Uttar Pradesh Braj

Teerth Vikas Parishad Shailaja Kant Mishra, Advisor to the Chief Minister

Avnish Kumar Awasthi, Additional Director General of Police Suvendra Kumar

Bhagat, Divisional Commissioner Nagendra Pratap, Deputy Inspector General of

Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey, District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh, Senior

Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Uttar Pradesh

Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad Lakshmi N, Chief Development Officer Dr. Pooja

Gupta, Additional District Magistrate Administration Amresh Kumar, Additional

District Magistrate Finance and Revenue Dr. Pankaj Kumar Verma and other

officers were present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi