Fireworks were set off by devotees outside the Golden Temple complex.
The residents of Guru Nagri as well as tourists from India and abroad ushered in the year 2025 at the Golden Temple. Since the morning of 31st December, devotees were reaching the Golden Temple to pay obeisance. More than 2 lakh devotees visited the Golden Temple between 9 to 12 midnight.
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The situation was such that there was no space even to set foot. At the same time, it is estimated that on the first day of the new year, around 3 lakh devotees can reach the Golden Temple for darshan. The crowd started gathering at the Golden Temple from 9 pm itself.
The crowd became so huge that people had to struggle even to walk around the Golden Temple. Devotees were seen everywhere during the parikrama. People sat wherever they found space and were seen chanting the name while waiting for 12 o’clock in the night. During this, the devotees kept sitting and reciting Shri Sukhmani Sahib the whole time.
Devotees sitting in parikrama and reciting.
As the clock struck 12, the Golden Temple echoed with cheers
As soon as the clock struck 12, more than 1 lakh devotees gathered throughout the Golden Temple and started raising slogans of ‘Jo Bole Sonihaal’. This crowd is not going to stop. According to estimates, more than 3 lakh devotees will reach the Golden Temple today to pay obeisance, but the Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee has made complete preparations for this.
All the rooms of the langar hall had to be opened.
As soon as the doors of Sachkhand Sahib closed in the Golden Temple, the crowd started moving towards Langar Sahib. The crowd was so huge that even the new rooms built behind the Langar Hall had to be opened. As many devotees were present inside the hall as were waiting outside, but there was no lack of service anywhere. At night, on the other side of the hall, the dishes prepared for the New Year were also being served.
Devotees sat wherever they found space.
People waiting for 12 o’clock in the night sat wherever they found space in the Golden Temple. After the shed was filled with the crowd, they sat down on the sackcloth spread to walk in the parikrama. Crowds of devotees were visible everywhere.
See New Year in Golden Temple in pictures-
Crowd of devotees present under the darshan porch of the Golden Temple.
Devotees taking bath in the holy lake at 12 o’clock.
Devotees reached near Baba Budha Ber.
Crowd gathered in the Golden Temple complex.
People gathered at the plaza outside the Golden Temple complex.