The division said that at Lucknow’s famed Mankameshwar Temple, each day pilgrim numbers rose from a mean of 5,000–6,000 to over 15,000–20,000 throughout Shravan. At Budheshwar Temple, footfall crossed 20,000 each Monday and Wednesday. Barabanki’s Lodheswar Mahadev Temple welcomed almost 1.2 million devotees, with Mondays drawing as much as 300,000 folks.
Bagpat’s Shravan Mela attracted roughly 1.4 million guests, with over 500,000 arriving in a single day. Greater than 100,000 kanwariyas carried Ganga water from Hapur’s Garhmukteshwar Ghat, whereas Lakhimpur Kheri’s Gola Gokaran Nath Temple noticed between 800,000 and 1 million guests.
“Varanasi’s Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham remained the crown jewel of Shravan celebrations. Estimates counsel footfall rose over 10% in comparison with final yr, averaging 70,000–82,000 guests each day, peaking on Mondays. The rise displays not solely the town’s non secular magnetism but additionally the state’s profitable efforts in services and crowd administration,” the state’s tourism division mentioned in an announcement.
In keeping with July 2025 figures from the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Division, Shravan month noticed a large upswing in tourism-linked exercise in Lucknow. Round 350,000 vacationers stayed at resorts, together with almost 5,000 international guests. Conventional festivals drew over 604,000 folks, whereas cultural occasions and festivals noticed participation from about 49,200 and 16,700 guests respectively.
Tourism and Tradition Minister Jaiveer Singh mentioned Shravan 2025 has gone down as a ‘golden chapter’ in Uttar Pradesh’s non secular, cultural, and financial life. “Report-breaking pilgrim turnout has reaffirmed that UP is India’s foremost non secular tourism hub. We ensured that each devotee loved an uninterrupted, protected, and fulfilling expertise whereas considerably strengthening infrastructure at pilgrimage websites,” he added.
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