Kanpur, Feb 16: Thousands of pilgrims took holy dip in River Ganga and offered prayers on the occasion of Maagh Poornima here today. The temples on the bank of the river were tastefully decorated and a ‘shobha yaatra’ of God Rangnath was taken out from Pryagnarain Shiwala temple to Sarsaiya Ghat in the town.

Parmat, Sarsaiya Ghat, Bithoor Brahmavarta and Shuklaganj Ghats attracted huge crowd where a large number of people took holy dip.
The district and police administration made elaborate security arrangements, police said adding no untoward incident was reported so far.

Bureau Report