On the auspicious day of the 1st Monday of the holy Shravan month, the Kanwaria pilgrims gathered in large numbers to visit the Kashi Vishwanath temple. 

Speaking to the media on Monday, one of the devotees, Amar Yadav, present in a long queue, said that the approximate number of people present here could be about 10 thousand people.

While talking to the media, another devotee, Rupesh Kumar, who hails from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, stated, "I have bathed and have been standing since 1 in the morning on this first Monday. I don't want to ask anything of God; there is no request as such. I am here just to offer water to my god," as cited by news agency ANI.