Uttarakhand / Dehradun: Bihari Mahasabha celebrated Basant Panchami with pomp, the pandal became devotional with songs like Pajeb Balam Ji Ara from Patna, Othlali Mangaida from Chhapra, Chunariya Chhitwali Wali…

Saraswati Puja Basant Panchami program was celebrated with great pomp today at Shiv Bal Yogi Ashram located on Rajpur Road. The program started with idol worship, after which Havan, Kirtan, Bhajan and Bhandara was organized. Bhandara was arranged for all the guests and devotees who came to the venue of the program. Cultural program was organized from 4:00 pm from Bihar. Done by the visiting artists.

Let us tell you that this was the 18th year of Basant Panchami Saraswati Puja. Basant Panchami Saraswati Puja is organized every year by Bihari Mahasabha. This was the 18th year of the puja organized by the Sabha. Excellent programs were presented at the venue by the artists coming from Bihar.

Let us tell you that Saraswati Puja Mahotsav has been organized regularly by Bihari Mahasabha, Dehradun since the year 2008 under the guidance of Shri Shiv Balayogi Maharaj at 180C, Shiv Balayogi Ashram, Rajpur Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. According to the Hindi calendar, this festival is celebrated on the fifth day of Magh Shukla Paksha, hence it is also known as Vasant Panchami.

This day is also celebrated as the Vidyarambh Sanskar of children, in which children begin their education process. It is an important tradition which makes children understand the importance of education and gives them a sense of sacrifice at the beginning of their studies.

In Vidyarambh Sanskar, small children worship Vidya Mata and seek blessings for her grace. After this, they are taught to read and write alphabets for the first time, which develops their intelligence and motivates them to move forward on the path of education.

Under this tradition, the children’s family and society members also encourage their enthusiasm and provide support in their studies. This wonderful festival of Vidyarambh Sanskar perpetuates the importance of education in the lives of children and leads them towards prosperity and success through good education.

This festival is also traditionally celebrated by farmers. On this day farmers worship their plough. By worshiping the plough, farmers receive the message that their hard work and farming are their connection with Mother Earth, which is extremely fundamental and important.

Farmers clean their plows on this day and decorate them with incense, lamps and flowers. The purpose of their prayer is that Mother Earth should lead them on the path of prosperity and success and bless them with good crops.

For farmers, this festival honors their hard work in farming and gives them self-confidence that their hard work and struggle always leads to success. On this day, along with worshiping their plough, farmers express their gratitude to Mother Earth and pray for her blessings. Thus, through this festival farmers play an important role in the society and they are provided with enthusiasm and inspiration.

This puja festival is an important and festive occasion for the local community people of Dehradun. In this festival, devoted students and artists get the opportunity to worship Goddess Saraswati. Along with this, various cultural programs are also organized to promote the importance of learning, art, and culture. On this occasion, folk artists of Bihar and Uttarakhand present their art. Here they share their cultural heritage through folk music, dance, poetry etc. There is invaluable wealth hidden in the folk culture of Bihar and Uttarakhand, through which these artists introduce their important heritage to the people.

In the programs presented by these folk artists, the local people experience their traditional art and feel proud of their culture. Apart from this, these artists also create an atmosphere of joy and entertainment in the group by sharing their art.

Thus, during the Saraswati Puja festival, people’s attraction towards the folk culture of Bihar and Uttarakhand increases and makes this festival even more colourful. Through this, cultural diversity is understood and cultural unity is experienced among the people.

All the people present here socialize with each other and bless each other. In this exciting atmosphere of Saraswati Puja Mahotsav, many young men and women of the society participate and showcase their talents.

The festival organized under the patronage of Shri Shiv Balayogi Maharaj has provided cultural prosperity to the society of Dehradun. Here people’s feelings towards education, art and culture are respected and there is a feeling of unity and harmony in the society.

In this form, Saraswati Puja Mahotsav is not only a religious event but it is also a cultural festival for the society which connects people with each other and increases the collective enthusiasm.

Prominent personalities from all political, social and administrative sectors of the state are present in this festival. The festival is attended by state chief ministers, cabinet ministers, institutional officials, and other prominent personalities. The presence of these prominent persons at the festival makes it even more important and attractive. They extend their good wishes on this occasion and enjoy mingling with the people of the society. Thus, the presence of prominent personalities of the state makes the Saraswati Puja Festival a socially, cultural, and politically important event. With their presence this spectacular festival becomes more colorful and provides a feeling of unity and prosperity to the society.

In today’s program, mainly Bihari Mahasabha President Lalan Singh, Secretary Chandan Kumar Jha, Treasurer Ritesh Kumar, Executive Members Amarendra Kumar, Alok Sinha, Umesh Rai, Vinay Kumar Yadav, Suresh Thakur, Rajesh Kumar, Former President Satyendra Singh Ranjan Kumar, Deepak Kumar Pandey, Abhay Kumar, Harishchandra Jha, Avnish Kumar Singh Vikas Kumar Shashikant Giri Ramnivas Vinay Kumar Singh WhatsApp Verma Ajay Kumar Dr. Sc Jha Sandeep Mahato Shankar Das Mukesh Kumar Manoj Sahni Manoj Thakur Manjay Kumar Shashi Shekhar Dr. Jitendra Singh Dharmendra Thakur Pintu Kumar Sahul Kumar Hundreds of workers including Babul Kumar Vinay Sunny Chandrika Prasad Dinesh Sharma Balram Chaudhary Alok Kumar Singh Ravi Pandey Nandan Kumar Santosh Singh SK Aggarwal participated.

Presentation by the artists coming from Bihar mainly by Saraswati Vandana Shivam, Mera Bihar Gaurav Gaan, Vihar Cultural Program Presentation Group Dance, Kadwa Bolai Chai, Bole Ki Morang Morang Group Dance Mimicry by comedian Bajrang Presentation of Aparajita by female singer, Shyama Chake Chakwa Group Dance, Group Dance by Shivam, Duet by Shivam, Folk Song Dance Video and Holi Song by Aparajita, Sohar Badhaiyaan. Artists from Bihar mainly included Krutika Gupta, Varsha, Deepti, Nisha, Aparajita Singer, Vivek, Vikas, Bajrang etc. Were .