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Sites will be open until around midnight, and several will have live concerts, choirs or guided tours built into the programme.
Two important temples in Madhya Pradesh, the Pashupatinath Temple in Mandsaur and the Bade Ganesh Temple in Ujjain, observed Independence Day on August 11, four days before the official date of August 15. This unique tradition is rooted in the Hindu calendar, specifically the Shravan Krishna Chaturdashi date, which fell on August 11 this year.
Both temples have been celebrating the national festival according to the Hindu calendar since at least 1985. At the Pashupatinath Temple, special prayers and rituals were held, including the worship of the eight-faced Shivling with water containing durva grass. Around 250 devotees attended the event. Similarly, at the Bade Ganesh Temple, devotees participated in religious and patriotic activities, with a Tiranga Yatra taking place to the temple.
The temple's priest, Akshat Vyas, explained that Lord Ganesh is considered the "God of the republic" at the shrine.
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