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Fire Breaks Out During Karaga Festival, More Than 10 Bikes Gutted

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People are fully geared up for the historic Karaga Utsav. Amidst this, a fire disaster occurred at the place where the melting takes place on Thursday. While offering camphor service to Goddess Draupadi, neighboring vehicles caught fire. As autos and bikes caught fire, vehicles were damaged. Two-wheelers caught fire and damaged due to camphor fire. Locals woke up immediately and extinguished the fire. 10 bikes and one auto were almost gutted in the fire. Locals said that the incident took place during camphor service to Goddess Draupadi. Camphor service is offered by devotees who are devoted to God. In this case, hundreds of kg of camphor are used. From NR Junction to the temple, devotees performed service by applying camphor. The service program was conducted by lighting camphor in a length of about seven hundred meters. Two 50 kg camphor nuggets were also planted. An ice box is placed below and served with two camphor nuggets on it. Devotees apply camphor in the name of various gods.

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