A Day Well Spent In Ujjain by Srashti Soni

The Mahakal temple is very near to the Ujjain bus stand. After reaching the Mahakala temple area by 8 am we took breakfast there, there were so many restaurants and hotels. Then we entered the divine temple of lord Shiva. And all our wait turned into pleasure when we saw the mesmerising mahakal shivling in garbhgraha. 
The Mahakal Darshan filled us with all positivity. All devotees cannot enter the garbhgraha and they can see the deity from the outside boundaries of the garbhgraha. Seeing the divine jyotirlinga is free but VIP darshan is also available for just 250 INR. 
We missed the mahakal bhasma aarti which takes place every day at 4 am in the early morning. If you are willing to attend bhasma aarti then you have to register yourself online on the official website of Mahakal temple. Then we visited the nearby temples that are Dwarkadheesh and Nageshwar temples. Then we started our journey to the kaalbhairav temple. 
 

There is a saying that mahakal darshan is incomplete without visiting the kaalbhairav temple. Kaalbhairav temple is dedicated to the deity kaalbhairav who is considered the guardian deity of the city. With hundreds of devotees, we waited in a queue to offer liquor(liquor is one of the offerings) to the deity. Isn't it amazing? a deity whose offering is liquor and there is no clue where this liquor offering is going, yes it can only happen in our incredible and holy India.

Okay coming back to the story, We saw so many monkeys there and devotees offering sweet prasad to them. Around 11 am we reached Chintamani Ganesh mandir which is situated 8km from the Kaal Bhairav temple.