Nasik, Aug 11: The wait for the naga sadhus, mahants of all ten akhadas and devotees for the 'shahi snan' (royal bath), will get over when the holy ritual takes place tomorrow, the Rakshabandhan day. The akhadas in Trimbakeshwar and Nasik had completed their 'dwajarohan' during the past eight days. On Friday, the five akhadas namely nirvan, nirmohi, digamber, khaki and chatursampraday conducted the 'dwajarohan' in the morning.

A series of ceremonies was performed beginning with the 'dwaja puja' at nirwani akhada where shree mahant shivnandandasji and shree mahant gyandasji with other sadhus of their akhada performed puja, which was conducted by purohits from the city.
At all the akhadas a procession of sadhus, mahants and officials was led by Shree Mahant Gyandasji Maharaj.

The flag was hoisted at the Akhil Bharat Varshiya Shree Panch Nirmohi akhada by Shree Mahant Ramashraydasji and also at the digambar akhada by its mahants Ramkishoredasji, Arjundasji, Haridasji, Kaushaldasji, Keshavdasji and others.

Bureau Report