Thousands of devotees joined colourful Shobha Yatras in Ramban, Batote and Chanderkote as Jammu and Kashmir marked Krishna Janmashtami with prayers, Jhankis and devotional celebrations.

With advance bookings touching nearly 95,000 passengers per day for the Shravan-Bhadau season, Ujjain is preparing for an unprecedented influx of devotees visiting the Mahakaleshwar Temple. Indian Railways will implement a one-way traffic system, deploy drones for crowd monitoring, run six additional trains, and establish a waterproof holding area to ensure smooth crowd management.

Special traffic and parking arrangements have been introduced in Bhopal as thousands of devotees attend the Chaturmas programme led by Jain saint Acharya Shri Samay Sagar Maharaj.

CM Mohan Yadav says Simhastha-2028 must be planned for 40 crore devotees, with stronger roads, hotels, temples and inter-state coordination.