Now information about spirituality, culture as well as calendar will be easily available to the devotees in the world famous Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav has provided a special gift to the people of Kashi in the form of a Vedic clock which will provide Vikram Samvat Nakshatra Yoga and time period from sunrise to sunset. Has been established in this temple.

A special gift was presented to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav in Kashi. After Ujjain, the city of Baba Mahakal, now the Vedic clock has been installed in Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple also. Through this, information about Indian calendar, auspicious time, sunrise, sunset, planetary constellation and correct weather details can be obtained.

Accurate information about Nakshatra-Muhurta from Vedic clock

The devotees reaching Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple are looking at this Vedic clock with great enthusiasm. Through this Vedic clock, devotees will be able to get information about Vikram Samvat Nakshatra Yoga date and auspicious time. Apart from this, devotees will also be able to get information related to weather including temperature and wind speed from the temple premises itself.

Center of attraction for devotees also

This Vedic clock has been installed at Shankaracharya Chowk in Kashi Vishwanath Temple of Varanasi. The devotees reaching the temple are watching this with great enthusiasm. Certainly, apart from the Indian traditional time calculation, this is a better attempt to make astronomy available to the common people with the current modern technology. Let us tell you that Shri Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, every day a large number of devotees come here to have darshan of Lord Kashi Vishwanath.

A five-day Mahakal Mahotsav has been organized in the Mahakal Temple of Ujjain. On the third day of this festival, Bollywood singer Sona Mahapatra sang Shiva devotional songs in her powerful voice from the stage. A special confluence of devotion and music was seen in the entire atmosphere.

Special show held in temple premises
This show was kept inside the Mahakal temple complex of Ujjain. This occasion was very special for Sona Mahapatra because for the first time she sang songs full of devotion to Shiva. This entire experience from Bhasma Aarti to devotional songs was quite amazing and memorable for him.

First experience of Bhasma Aarti
Sona Mohapatra spoke to IANS about her experience of attending Bhasma Aarti. He said, ‘This is the first time that I have got the opportunity to participate in Bhasma Aarti and we have also sung in Mahakal Mahotsav. This is the first time that we sang devotional songs continuously for 2 hours and all this has been possible only because of the blessings of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati. By participating in Bhasma Aarti, one gets both peace and energy. When everyone was singing together in one tune, the mind was filled with energy. I have come here for the first time but will come again and again.

Expressed hope for the year 2025
Sona further said, ‘I feel that after today everything is going to be fine in my life and the country too. The year 2025 has been a year of ups and downs in every way and I hope that the energy of Bhasma Aarti will make everything right this year. I am taking this energy with me.

Said this on songs and Lord Shiva
Regarding the songs being made in Hindi cinema, Sona Mahapatra said, ‘I feel that now we should listen and sing relaxing songs because there is pressure everywhere to do only good. For us artists, Lord Shiva is everything because he has laid the foundation of dance and art. His blessings for this entire creation are very important for all of us. Let us tell you that Sona Mahapatra has given many great songs to Bollywood which include ‘Ambarsariya’, ‘Bahara’, ‘Naina’, ‘Mujhe Ka Lootega Rupaiya’, ‘Beda-Paar’ and ‘Jiya Laage Na’.

The spiritual connection with former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has deepened in the last few years. Staying away from the pressure and noise of the field, Virat is now often seen in temples and religious places. A similar scene was seen on Saturday morning too, when Virat Kohli reached the famous Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple of Ujjain along with Team India’s spinner Kuldeep Yadav and fielding coach T Dilip.

Virat reached Mahakal’s court at 4 in the morning

Virat and Kuldeep reached Mahakal temple at around 4 am on Saturday morning. Both the players took part in Bhasma Aarti and sat in Nandi Hall for about two hours and had darshan of Lord Mahakal. During the puja, the temple priests applied sandalwood tilak on his forehead. Virat was seen in a very calm and simple manner in the temple premises.

Darshan’s video went viral on social media

In the video shared by news agency ANI, Virat Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav were seen performing puja. While coming out of the temple, Virat said “Jai Shri Mahakal” when greeted by the media. Amidst security arrangements, both the players came out of the temple, where the people present captured this moment in their cameras.

Kuldeep Yadav told his experience

After the darshan, Kuldeep Yadav shared his experience and said that the darshan of Mahakal gives him deep peace and joy. He told that he got a chance to come here again after about 9 years. According to Kuldeep, by the grace of God everything is going well and the team will perform well in future also.

Players have come to the court of Mahakal before also

This is not the first time that Team India members have reached Mahakaleshwar Temple. Earlier, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul had also visited here. Virat Kohli himself has visited Mahakaal with his wife Anushka Sharma in 2023.

Virat’s record breaking performance in Vadodara ODI

Before Mahakal Darshan, Virat Kohli had batted brilliantly in the first ODI played in Vadodara. In this match played on January 11, Virat made many big records while playing an inning of 93 runs. He completed the fastest 28 thousand international runs and left Sachin Tendulkar behind. With this, Virat has become the second highest run scorer in international cricket, leaving behind Kumar Sangakkara.

Now everyone’s eyes are on the decisive match of the series to be played in Indore, where Virat will once again try to lead Team India to victory with his performance.

KL Rahul has come to visit Mahakaleshwar Temple amid India vs New Zealand ODI series. The third ODI match is to be played in Indore on Sunday, January 18, but before Indore, Rahul reached Ujjain, where he took blessings of Mahadev. Let us tell you that this is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, Rahul also worshiped Nandi ritually. He bowed his head before Lord Shiva and took blessings.

KL Rahul has already come many times to visit Mahakal located in Ujjain. He came here with his parents before the start of IPL 2024. Apart from this, he had reached here with his wife Athiya Shetty before the Indore Test in 2023.

KL Rahul is in very good form at the moment. In the second ODI match played in Rajkot, Rahul had scored unbeaten 112 runs, but Team India lost that match by 7 wickets. Daryl Mitchell’s innings of 131 runs overshadowed Rahul’s century.

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh: Captain KL Rahul visited the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple today. pic.twitter.com/SUeOneMb6w

— IANS (@ians_india) January 16, 2026

Let us tell you that before Rahul, Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak had also visited Mahakaleshwar temple. He reached here at 4 in the morning at the time of Bhasma Aarti.

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The case of demolition of Ujjain Takiya Masjid has reached the Supreme Court. By filing a petition, the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision to uphold the demolition of Takiya Masjid has been challenged. The petition alleged that the Madhya Pradesh government demolished a 200-year-old mosque to increase the parking area for the Mahakal temple. The petitioners demand that a stay be imposed on Madhya Pradesh’s decision and that an impartial investigation be conducted into the demolition of the mosque.

According to the report of Bar and Bench, 13 people who offered namaz in the mosque have filed the petition. According to the petition, the mosque was duly notified as Waqf in the year 1985 and was being used as a mosque for 200 years, but in January it was declared illegal and arbitrarily demolished.

The petition said that the demolition is in violation of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, the Waqf Act 1995 (now the Integrated Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act 1995) and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013.

It has been claimed in the petition that there are irregularities in the land acquisition process done by the government before the demolition of the mosque. The petitioners allege that the Madhya Pradesh government has given compensation to unauthorized occupants and encroachers in the area to create a false case of acquisition.

The petitioners said that they had approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court to get the mosque rebuilt, but the petition was rejected there, after which they have approached the Supreme Court. The petitioners have urged the court that as an interim relief, the High Court order should be stayed for the time being so that the state government cannot do any further construction at that place. The petitioners have also demanded an impartial investigation into the demolition.

Mahakal Mandir: The temple of Baba Mahakal in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, for whose visit, devotees come from abroad and abroad. Baba Mahakal’s Bhasma Aarti and Shringar are very attractive. But now in view of the problem of erosion in the Shivling of Baba Mahakal, the temple administration has changed the rules regarding Baba’s makeup.

In fact, to understand the problem of erosion of Baba Mahakal’s Shivling, the Archaeological Survey of India and Geological Survey of India prepared a report, stating that, there is erosion due to rubbing, touching and sticking particles of worship materials on the Shivling, causing small bacteria to grow and stick to the holes.

Reduce the amount of cannabis for Baba’s makeup
In view of this, some measures have been recommended to prevent the erosion of Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga. So far, 5 to 7 kg of cannabis is used in the makeup of Baba Mahakal, it has now been reduced to 3 kg. To size cannabis, weighing will also be installed in the temple.

Now the priests of the temple will not be able to use more than 3 kg of cannabis for the adornment of Mahakal. The temple committee will make the weight of cannabis before adorning God. First Kaushik, administrator of Mahakaleshwar Temple, said that, ‘Maximum three kilos of cannabis will be used in the adornment of Lord Mahakal’.

Gorgeous makeup of Baba Mahakal in various forms
The priest and committee member of Mahakal temple, Pandit Ram Sharma said that, the ghost vehicle Mahakal, which is in the early hours, also has a cannabis in the evening. Divine philosophy is made realized for the devotees by giving shape in different forms to the formless God.

Lord Mahakal is given the form of different God according to someone’s date of birth, marriage anniversary, special date, war and festival. The priests of the temple perform Ganesha, Shri Krishna, Balaji, Hanuman ji, Sheshnag, Tirupati etc. in many forms with great reverence.

To make Baba make up, there is a cut of Rs 1100
A government receipt of Rs 1100 is deducted for the adornment of Lord Mahakal. During this time, the priest takes care that the name of the devotee whose name is being done in the name of his name should be written on the board. There is also cannabis, dry fruits, clothes, worship materials etc. for the adornment of Mahakal.

It costs 5 to 6 thousand rupees. Cannabis is used in makeup. Devotees who are adorned are allowed to be present in the Nandi hall for evening worship and aarti. God is adorned and new clothes and jewelery are worn.

In the 5 Aartis to be held daily in the Mahakal temple, the priests make up in different forms from Lord Mahakal’s sandalwood, kumkum, cannabis, dry fruits and mawa. Now any devotee can make up Lord Mahakal. For this, you will have to cut the receipt of 1100 from the temple office.

Petition filed in Supreme Court to prevent erosion in 2017
In the year 2017, Sarika Guru filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding to stop the erosion. After which the court formed a committee of experts of the Archaeological Survey of India and Geological Survey of India. Experts also told many ways to prevent the erosion of Lord Mahakal’s Shivling.

One of these suggestions is also to limit the amount of cannabis. A grand and special makeup of Mahakal is also performed in the Aarti, which is five -time daily in the Mahakal temple. The Mahakal is adorned with the hemp offered by the priest and devotees at the evening Aarti to be held at 4 am and the evening aarti to be held at seven o’clock in the morning.

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Ujjain bulldozer action: On Friday (May 23) in the religious city of Madhya Pradesh, Ujjain, the administration took bulldozer action. On the way from Hari Phatak Bridge to Begum Bagh near Mahakaleshwar Temple, the team of Ujjain Development Authority along with the Municipal Corporation and police administration has taken action to remove three houses.

Ujjain Development Authority official Sandeep Soni said that a commercial building was made here by going against the rules passed by the Development Authority on the plots. In addition, several pieces of a plot were reduced. Bulldozers have been run in three such cases.

Administration will take action on 50 more plots
Apart from this, there are 50 more plots, with which the Development Authority is preparing a strategy for action. Actually, this is the main road to Mahakaleshwar Temple via Hari Gate to Begum Bagh from which a large number of devotees have to reach the temple. There was also an exercise to widen this route.

Local people are protesting
During this time, the authority has canceled the lease of more than 28 houses. Now action is being taken to remove encroachments, which the people of the area are opposing.

Lease has been completed in 2014
Sandeep Soni, CEO, Ujjain Development Authority informed that this entire area is a plan of Ujjan Development Authority. About a year and a half ago, the Ujjain Development Authority issued a notice to 28 such assets, his lease was canceled, where people violated the conditions of the lease. His lease was over in the year 2014-15 itself. Also, work was done against more conditions, such as work was done without the authority’s permission or a plot was cut several pieces.

After the lease is canceled, property comes under encroachment. The authority has taken this action under the right to remove encroachment. The final order was given in September 2024 for this. The matter went on in the High Court and then action has been taken now.

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