The paid arrangement of Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple of Ujjain is overshadowing the common devotees. The temple administration claims that due to paid darshan arrangement -40 Darshan is being done in minutes. To know the reality of this claim, Amar Ujala’s team visited Baba Mahakal along with common devotees. During this, not only the claims of the administration were exposed but also faced with the chaos. Such scenes were also seen when the devotee who fell down due to dizziness in the hot afternoon had to return without having darshan. You also know how was the experience of Amar Ujala team-

Sun God was sitting in the heat. There was a crowd in Mahakal Lok. To enter from Shankhdwar at exactly two o’clock in the afternoon, take off your shoes at the shoe stand. The young man standing on the stand said – the bag is over. Can’t keep shoes here. Drop off anywhere Take off your shoes near the stands at your own risk. Got in the queue at 2: 13 o’clock. There was a canopy above and a red carpet below. If you move a little further, both disappear. People standing barefoot in the queue were doing ‘ta-tha-tayya’. They were cooling the floor by pouring the water brought along for drinking on the ground. It took about an hour to cover the distance of 250 meters from the shoe stand to Shankhdwar and 2: 25 reached at Shankhdwar at 10:00. The queue was not taking the name of moving forward. During this ten-odd people got out of the queue and returned without having darshan. The Chaurasia family who came from Jhansi said- ‘We will have darshan after cutting the receipt. Who is trapped here forcibly! People in the hall were helpless, sitting holding their heads
Devotees were standing in ten small queues in Mansarovar Hall. There were fans in the hall. There was a water lorry in one corner. It took two and a half hours to reach from one corner of the queue to the other in the hall. 2: 56 but came to the hall and left 4: time. In these one and a half hours, the condition of the people standing in the hall line was miserable. A woman’s heart started to panic. When he felt dizzy, the security personnel took him out of the queue and took him outside the hall. Many tired devotees sat on the ground waiting for the queue to move forward. Someone kept watching the reel on mobile. Started playing some game. Was feeling thirsty for water so different. Some children were bringing water from the water lorry installed in the hall and giving it to the people. In return for this water service, the children were receiving true blessings.

Uproar – open gate, wait is over
People standing in the hall for more than one and a half hour were bored. The security personnel were saying that the sanctum sanctorum is open for common people till 4 pm. Because of this it is getting late. People were not allowed to leave the Mansarovar hall even after four o’clock, so everyone started making noise together. After this the gate of the hall was opened. Till then the entry to the sanctum sanctorum was closed. People came out with a glimpse of Baba Mahakal situated at 250 feet away from Ganpati Mandap itself. Stood in line for three hours. The security personnel were not allowing even 30 seconds of darshan. Shantun Khare, who came from Akola, said that there is such a good arrangement for darshan in Shegaon that the people here should come and see it. The focus should be on darshan of common people, not on VIP and early darshan. What virtue will the officers get by taking darshan with money? This is a paid system Paid darshan system has been implemented in Mahakal temple for some time now. Under this, Rs. for Bhasmarti Darshan, Rs. To go to the sanctum sanctorum 250 a receipt of Rs is being deducted. For those who cannot pay, darshan arrangements have been made from Ganapati Hall. This place is 250 feet away from Jyotirlinga of Baba Mahakal. Only a glimpse of Baba is available from here. Baba Mahakal gives darshan to most of the people only on the LED screen above.