Dialogue Associate, Jagran, Vrindavan. The work of installing railings has started in Thakur Banke Bihari Temple to enable the devotees to queue up for darshan. On Saturday, railings were installed in a large part of the temple complex. The arrangement of railing has not yet started from the entrance. In such a situation, there was crowd pressure at the entrance.

Right now the railing installed in the temple premises could not be installed at the entrance.

The high-powered management committee of Thakur Banke Bihari Temple has installed railings in view of the increasing number of devotees. This work was entrusted to Kanika Construction Company of Meerut. On Saturday, railings were installed in a large part of the temple. However, railings have not been installed at the entrance yet.

On the first day of installation of the railing, devotees found it convenient to have darshan of the deity. Earlier, one had to deal with the pressure of the crowd of devotees to reach inside the railing installed in the temple premises. Due to not being able to reach inside the temple on time, a large number of devotees were deprived of darshan.

Easy viewing inside the railing, chaos at the entrance

Actually, on Saturday the company installed railings in the temple premises itself. Under the plan, railings were to be installed from the entrance of the temple to the exit. Recently the company had installed railings from the entrance to the temple courtyard. But, they were later removed due to shortage. On Saturday, due to the railing not being attached to the entrance, there was pressure from the crowd at the entrance to enter the railing. Committee member Sevayat Dinesh Goswami said that railings will be installed in the entire complex in a day or two.

What did the devotees say?

I liked the plan of installing railing in the temple. Seen in the railing for the first time. It is with great relief that we have seen Aaradhya today. There was no scuffle anywhere. -Nidhi, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana.

The way the railings have been installed in the temple. Certainly for the first time it became possible to see Aaradhya so easily. Otherwise, earlier the darshan could not always be achieved due to the scuffle. But, the situation continued to deteriorate due to the crowd outside the temple. -Aakash Aggarwal, Amroha.

– After the installation of railing in the temple, darshan has become very good. We would say that the temple management has started a very good process. With this, it will be possible for all the devotees to have darshan very easily and well. -Ruby Sharma, Delhi.

– For the first time, Thakur Banke Bihari could be seen in such a good manner. Before this, whenever he used to come for darshan, he used to face hurdles. Today I felt very peaceful after visiting the temple. But, the pressure of the crowd outside the temple is not reducing yet. -Aarti, Budana, Haryana.