Ujjain, August 12 (HS). In the series of processions of world famous Jyotirlinga Lord Mahakaleshwar in the months of Shravan-Bhadrapada, the fourth procession of Lord Mahakal will be taken out with great pomp and show today on the fourth Monday of Sawan. Riding on a silver palanquin, Avantikanath will tour the city to know the condition of his subjects. During the procession, Lord Mahakaleshwar will give darshan to his devotees in the form of Shri Chandramouleshwar in a palanquin, in the form of Manmohan on an elephant, Shiv Tandava on Garuda chariot and in the form of Uma-Mahesh on Nandi.
Mrinal Meena, administrator of Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee, said that the colors of folk culture will also be seen in the procession. This time, a group of tribal artists from Dhar will perform Ghasiya Baja dance. The procession will start from Mahakaleshwar Temple at 4 pm. Before the procession starts, Lord Chandramouleshwar will be duly worshipped in the Sabhamandap of Mahakaleshwar Temple at 3:30 pm. After that, Lord Chandramouleshwar will go on a city tour at 4 pm, seated in a silver palanquin.
He told that at the main gate of the temple, the armed police force jawans will salute the Lord seated in the palanquin. After that, the procession will reach Ramghat via the traditional route Mahakal Chauraha, Gudri Chauraha, Bakshi Bazaar and Kaharwadi, where the Lord will be anointed and worshipped with the water of Mother Kshipra River. After this, the procession will reach Mahakaleshwar Temple again via Ramanujkot, Modh's Dharamshala, Kartik Chowk Khati's Temple, Satyanarayan Temple, Dhaba Road, Tanki Chauraha, Chhatri Chowk, Gopal Temple, Patni Bazaar and Gudri Bazaar.
The live telecast of Mahakaleshwar Bhagwan's procession will be done on the Facebook page of the temple management committee. Along with this, at the end of the procession, arrangements have been made to provide live darshan to the devotees standing on the procession route through LED in the moving chariot. The specialty of this moving chariot is that it will have a live box, due to which the live broadcast will be uninterrupted.
During the procession, devotees are appealed that traders should not keep furnaces running or oil pots on the road side on the procession route. Visitors should not walk in the opposite direction during the procession and should stand at their places till the procession passes. Visitors should not park their vehicles in the streets. Devotees should not throw coins, coconuts, bananas, fruits etc. during the procession. Do not distribute prasad and pictures in the middle of the procession. Apart from this, there should not be unnecessary number of people around the palanquin.