Mahakal Temple Online: Offline application for darshan in Mahakal temple closed, now only online facility

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 16, 2026

Mahakal Temple Online Darshan Booking: Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is considered to be one of the most sacred and powerful places among the 12 Jyotirlingas of India. This temple is located in the holy city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, which has been a religious and spiritual center since ancient times.

Mahakaleshwar Temple A major change has been made in the incineration system. Now offline permission has been completely stopped and devotees will not need to stand in queues.

Till now, 300 devotees have been given free water for Bhasma Aarti. offline permission (Mahakal Temple Online Darshan) Used to meet. For which one had to wait in queue for 6-7 hours. Now this system has been completely abolished.

Now, immediate booking of Bhasma Aarti of Mahakal Temple can be done on the website a day before the portal opens at 8 am.

That is, if you want to book for Friday, then you will have to do the booking as soon as the portal opens at 8 am on Thursday.

Now in the new arrangement:

-All permissions will be available online only.
-Free entry has been completely stopped.
-Every devotee will get darshan only by paying fee.
-Only 300 devotees will get instant booking every day.
-A fee of Rs 200 will have to be paid per person.
-Whoever books first will get the first chance.
This means that it has now become very important to book on time.

It is necessary to plan in advance

Now the rules of advance booking have also changed. Earlier, booking was done 3 months in advance. Now this can be done only 1 month in advance. Therefore, devotees will have to plan their journey in advance.

Evening and sleeping aarti also online now

It is being told that, like Bhasmarti in Mahakaleshwar temple, now Sandhya and Shayan Aarti have also been linked to the online system.

Fee for other aartis also

Online booking of Rs 250 has already been implemented in the temple for evening aarti and bed aarti.
However general (moving) viewings are still free.