New Year in Ayodhya: People throng temples; holy dip in Saryu, ‘shobha yatra’

A huge number of people poured in to have ‘darshan’ of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, many took holy dip in the Saryu river and others gathered at the iconic Lata Mangeshkar Chowk here to celebrate New Year’s Day in the temple town on Monday.

Besides, a colourful ‘shobha yatra’ was taken out by a group of women, dressed in their traditional costumes, from Uttarakhand, in the heart of the city.

Traffic restrictions were placed on Ram Path as huge crowd swelled on the streets by afternoon, mostly devotees queuing in to enter temples in the city, mainly Ramjanmabhoomi temple and Hanumangarhi temple.