Kolkata, July 10 -- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee greeted the devotees at the start of the month-long Shravani Mela today.

Millions of pilgrims are expected to visit the revered Lord Shiva temple at Tarakeswar in the Hooghly district.

The state and district administrations have undertaken extensive measures to organise the Shravani Mela in a systematic and peaceful manner as devotees from across the state visit the historic Shiva temple.

In a high-level administrative meeting, the CM instructed officials to oversee the arrangements and issued specific directives to the district administration to ensure that the event is conducted in an orderly fashion as millions of devotees are expected to seek blessings from Baba Taraknath.

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