Mounesh Vishwakarma

Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)

Bantwal, July 11: Pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi who embarked on a pilgrimage under the leadership of Maruti Nagar, Bantwal resident Santhosh have had darshan of the deity on Tuesday.

Twenty people from the coastal districts had gone on the pilgrimage. Their communication was cut off due to heavy rainfall and landslides on their way to the temple and the pilgrimage was suspended for two days.

The armed forces did not allow pilgrims to proceed for the darshan and had arranged for their stay in the camp thereby ensuring their safety. The pilgrims had informed on July 8 that they were safe.

Santhosh has stated that the pilgrims went ahead to have the darshan of deity on Tuesday in the morning. They have now gone on an pilgrimage to Vaishnodevi. The weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir was quite cold and a temperature of 6 degrees was recorded on Monday, the pilgrims said.