Gayatri Jayanti and Ganga Dussehra celebrated with devotion

Central Chronicle News
Bhilai, Jun 20: On Sunday, devotees across the city celebrated Gayatri Jayanti and Ganga Dussehra with devotion and religious fervour. In view of Covid protocol, any bigger celebration was not held at the temples. However, the religious rituals and prayers were held with attendance of limited number of people.
Under the aegis of All World Gayatri Parivar, Shantikunj, Haridwar, celebrations were held at almost all the Gayatri Shaktipeeths, Temples and PragyaPeeths. Special ‘parv pujan’ was organised at Gayatri Shaktipeeth Sector-6, Shiv Gayatri Temple Risali, Gayatri Pragyapeeth Ramnagar Muktidham, Gayatri Sadhana Kendra Risali Basti, Pragyapeeth Khursipar, Gayatri Shaktipeeth Ramnagar, Pragyapeeth Housing Board, Gayatri Pragyapeeth Umda Road Bhilai-3, Pragya Mandal Sector-4, Sector-6, Shri Ram Pragya Mandal Ruabandha Sector Bhilai, Gayatri Gyan Mandir, Borsi and other places.
The holy festival of Gayatri Jayanti and Ganga Dussehra was celebrated in the presence of limited number of devotees. Akhand Jap of Gayatri Mantra was conducted by the devotees before the festival. On Sunday, special prayers, yajna and aarti of Gayatri Mata, Gurudev Pandit Shri Ram Sharma Acharya and Gurumata Bhagwati Devi Sharma were performed by the pundits / representatives of Pragya Mandal.
On the other hand, devotees celebrated the festival with fervour at their homes by offering prayers before the Mahakumbh of Haridwar established in their respective homes. They worshipped the Ganga Jal of Gangajali and offered prayers at the portraits of the deities. Devotees performed Gayatri Yagya reciting the Veda Mantra and prayed for happy life and bright future of all.
They made offering to Yajna Devta while praying for safety and good health of the brave soldiers posted in the security of the country as well as for the happiness and peace of their families. Special aahutis were offered for the peace of all those divine souls who succumbed to Covid 19. After Purnahuti and Aarti, Prasad was distributed to all the devotees.
Detailing about the importance of Gayatri Jayanti and Ganga Dussehra, Gayatri Parivar activist Mohan Umre said that Gayatri has been called Vedmata, Gyan-Gangotri, mother of culture and the founder of self-confidence. Gayatri Jayanti is the birthday of Maa Gayatri, the goddess of knowledge and wisdom. Similarly, on this day, Ganga descended from heaven to earth.
Just like Ganga irrigates the land, removes the cravings of living beings, removes filthiness and gives peace, gives salvation, the same characteristics are of Maa Gayatri in the spiritual field. Today the whole world is suffering with sins. For eliminating the sufferings of mankind, the awakened souls have to play the role of Bhagirath. When the great personalities will imbibe this new age of knowledge in their heads, the flow of spirituality will move forward.
Vasudev Sharma, SP Singh, Ram Shankar Patel, Mohan Umre, Saraswati Umre, VP Singh, Ramadhar Mahilang, Haridwarka Sahu, Laxman Devangan, Anandi Sinha, Dileshwar Sahu, Ajit Yamani Sonboir, Shukla Ram Sahu, Pekhan Sahu, BR Srivas, Rajmani Dubey, Dr S Kumar, Kumari Santa Sahu, Tikam Chandrakar, Ramswaroop Sahu, Maniram Meshram, Jhadeshwar Mongaraj and all the members of Gayatri Pariwar and other devotees were present.