Devotees throng Sharanabasaveshwar temple

Scores of devotees from across Kalaburagi city and neighbouring villages thronged the famous Sharanabasaveshwar temple in the city to offer prayers on the first Monday of the auspicious Shravana month.

Devotees started visiting the temple from dawn. They reached the temple on bare foot and queued up to pay obeisance in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple starting 4 a.m. Such queues continued till late into the night.

During Shravanamasa, devotees observe fasting on all Mondays which are considered to be auspicious.

The devotees also participate in the month-long religious discourses organised at the Sharanabasaveshwar temple complex during the holy month.