Ayodhya, July 21 -- Security has been beefed up in Ayodhya as a large number of devotees have arrived here on the second Monday of the holy month of Sawan.

CO Ashutosh Tiwari said, "In view of the second Monday of Sawan, a huge crowd of devotees is gathering at the Nageshwarnath temple. Monitoring is also being done through drones and CCTV cameras for the safety and convenience of the devotees. In light of the Sawan fair, all our special agencies have been deployed in the Ayodhya Dham area."

In Ayodhya, devotees queued up outside the Hanumangarhi Temple in large numbers to offer prayers.

Devotees offered prayers in large numbers at various temples in several parts of the country on the second Monday of the holy month of Sawan. Devotees...