Suryakumar Yadav Mahakal Visit: Team India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav bowed his head before Lord Shiva before the Australia tour. On Sunday, Surya along with his wife Devisha Shetty reached Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain, where he performed rituals and took blessings of Lord Mahadev.

Surya seen engrossed in devotion of Lord Shiva

In a video released by the temple administration, Suryakumar Yadav is seen completely immersed in devotion. He performed puja wearing traditional clothes and participated in ‘Mahakal Aarti’ with his wife Devisha. Other members of his family are also seen in the video. During this, the couple is seen performing Rudrabhishek with devotion.

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh: Indian cricketer Suryakumar Yadav, along with his wife, offered prayers at the Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple.

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Surya said after the puja that he has come to visit Baba Mahakal to get positive energy and strength before the upcoming Australia tour.

Took spiritual strength before Australia series

The Indian T20 team will soon leave for Australia tour, where the team has to play a three-match T20 series. This series will start at the end of October. Suryakumar Yadav is currently taking a few days’ rest with his family and during this time he went to Ujjain.

Under the captaincy of Surya, Team India recently won the Asia Cup 2025 title. During the tournament, India had created history by defeating Pakistan thrice. After this victory, Surya dedicated the credit of his team to the Indian Army and the tourists martyred in the Pahalgam attack.

Surya was also surrounded in controversies

During the Asia Cup, the incident of not shaking hands during the toss between Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan team captain Salman Aga had made a lot of headlines. Apart from this, after the final, Team India had refused to take the trophy from the hands of Pakistan Cricket Board Chief and ACC President Mohsin Naqvi.

Now BCCI is preparing to raise its voice in the ICC meeting regarding this entire matter. According to sources, the board intends to remove Mohsin Naqvi from both ACC and ICC posts.

After the campaign “I Love Mohammad” in different states of the country, now the “I Love Mahakal” campaign has started in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. Posters have been put up at the Bagia temple of Sheetal Das located in front of Chameli Baba’s tomb in the city. This campaign has been started by the awakened Hindu Manch.

BJP spokesperson Durgesh Keswani said that this campaign is being run through the awakened Hindu Manch. He clarified that it has no intention against the “I Love Mohammad” campaign. He said, “There are 365 days of festivals for us. We also put similar posters at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi.”

Durgesh Keswani also questioned the stone pelting in the procession during Hindu festivals. He said what kind of events are worth noting local levels.

‘I love mohammad has no relation with the campaign’

The organizers are making it clear that “I Love Mahakal” has no relation with the “I Love Mohammad” campaign. But this poster has been put at a time when the controversy over the poster of “I Love Mohammad” has been hot. Because of this, many people are considering it as the answer to the same campaign.

‘Promoting local culture purpose’

The organizers of the awakened Hindu Manch say that their aim is only to promote religious sentiments and local culture. Their emphasis is not against any other religion or community. The forum says that this campaign will be organized not only in Bhopal but also in other cities.

The citizens of Bhopal have given mixed reactions to this. Some people consider it to be a promoting Hindu culture and religious identity, while some people consider it to be a dispute in a sensitive time.

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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