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A fire broke out in the sanctum sanctorum of the Mahakal temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, during the Bhasma Aarti this morning in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. According to the information, two people died in this accident. While 14 people including the priest got burnt. It is being told that the fire broke out after gulal was blown during the aarti. Due to dust, a lid was placed on the sanctum sanctorum, which caught fire and fell on the devotees. All the injured have been admitted to the district hospital and all are out of danger. The chemical mixed in the gulal caused the fire when it came in contact with the fire. However, the fire was brought under control due to the alertness of some people. Flax paint and gulal were applied to protect the silver wall of the sanctum sanctorum. MP CM Mohan Yadav took information about the entire incident.
The incident will be investigated
Ujjain Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh said that the case of fire came to light during the morning Bhasma Aarti when the puja was going on. 14 people got burnt in this fire. The injured have been admitted to the district hospital and are undergoing treatment. An investigation will be conducted in this regard. The cause of the fire will be investigated at the initial level.
CM's son was in the temple at the time of the accident
At the time of the accident, thousands of people were present in the temple, who were celebrating Holi with Baba Mahakal. Vaibhav Yadav, son of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, was also in the temple at the time of the accident. It was only by the grace of Baba Mahakal that the fire was controlled in time, otherwise a major accident could have happened.
List of injured declared
In the accident, 14 servants and priests including Bhasmati's chief priest Sanjay Guru, Vikas Priest, Ansh Purohit, servant Mahesh Sharma, Chintaman Gehlot, Kamal Joshi, Satyanarayan Soni, Ramesh, Shubham, Vikas, Manoj Sharma, Sonu Rathod, Rajkumar Bais, Mangal were injured. Have become. were injured. , The condition of six of them who were burnt is said to be critical.