Ujjain, Jan 2 (PTI) More than eight lakh devotees visited the famous Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh to offer prayers on the New Year's Day, a temple official said on Tuesday.

The Mahakaleshwar temple is one of the 12 'jyotirlingas' in the country.

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Its management committee administrator Sandeep Soni said 8.10 lakh devotees visited the temple till it closed for the day on Monday.

There were long queues from 6 am on Monday and more than 45,000 people witnessed the 'Bhasma-Aarti' (an early morning prayer), he said.

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A large number of people were seen queuing up along the Mahakal corridor on Monday.

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