CM Yogi inaugurates Makar Sankranti Mela at Gorakhnath temple

Yogi will perform special rituals on Monday before offering khichdi and pray for the well-being of every citizen and prosperity of the nation. As per custom, the khichdi of the Nepal king would be offered first.

GORAKHPUR The famous month-long Makar Sankranti Mela at Gorakhnath temple started on Sunday after inauguration by chief minister Yogi Adityanath who served khichdi to children and extended blessings to devotees in queue to offer khichdi.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurates a cloth bag vending machine at Gorakhnath temple on Sunday. (HT)

Yogi will perform special rituals on Monday before offering khichdi and pray for the well-being of every citizen and prosperity of the nation.

As per custom, the khichdi of the Nepal king would be offered first.

On Sunday morning, the CM flagged off sanitation vehicles to mark the starting of the week-long cleanliness drive that kept the district and municipal corporation officials on their toes to make the mela a waste-free event.

Municipal commissioner Gaurav Sogarwal said a complete ban on polythene had been imposed on mela premises and six stalls were set up to provide devotees cotton bags on pushing coins of ₹10 .Apart from this, 200 sanitation employees had been deployed for round the clock cleanliness.

There was tight security from Sunday morning with deployment of Anti Terrorist Squad Jawans at entry gate of the temple.