Ramlalla Sarkar at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir  |  Photo Credit: Twitter
Ayodhya: More than 1.12 lakh devotees took blessings of Ram Lalla at Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on the first day of 2022, confirmed the temple administration on Sunday.
The devotees started coming in large numbers since 7 am and were seen crowding the main entrance of the premises while waiting for their turn to see Ram Lalla (infant Lord Ram).
In the first four hours from 7 am to 11 am, some 53,000 devotees turned up. In the next four hours from 2 pm to 6 pm, around 59,000 devotees visited the Ram Janmabhoomi to seek blessings of the presiding deity.
Apparently, security personnel deployed there had a tough time managing devotees.
The narrow lane starting from Hanuman Garhi temple and leading to Ram Janmabhoomi was packed with devotees. “We did not expect such huge turnout of devotees on first day of the year,” said Champat Rai, general secretary, Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust.
The Hanuman Garhi temple also witnessed huge turnout of devotees. Cops had a tough time controlling the crowd and ensuring there was no untoward incident.
After the Vaishno Devi incident in Jammu and Kashmir in which 12 people were killed and 13 others injured in the stampede on Saturday morning, cops were on high alert in Ayodhya to regulate movement of devotees.
But the Ayodhya administration was not prepared for such a huge turnout of devotees, said a senior official of the Ayodhya administration.