SURYA PUTRI TAWI GANGA GHAT MOHATSAV ENTERED IN DAY SECOND
Jammu 14TH October 2021,
To promote and preserve the traditional Duggar culture of Jammu & Kashmir , & to celebrate the Navratra Festival with Special campaign on Swachh Bharat (Clean India Green India) Bhartiya Lok Sangeet Kala Sansthan, Jammu organized three days 3- DAYS SURYA PUTRI TAWI GANGA GHAT NAVRATRA SANSKRITI MAHOTSAV-2021- “Rangila Duggar” from 12th October,2021 to 14th October,2021 under the aegis of Ministry of Culture Govt. of India ,under the scheme Cultural Function And Production Grant in close coordination with Shree108 Swami Chitanand Swami Saraswati Dham at Mata Suriya Putri Har Ki Pauri Ganga Ghat ,Bawe Jammu. Sh.Chander Mohan Gupta Mayor , Municipal Corporation ,Jammu was the Chief Guest inaugurated the festival by lighting traditional lamp along with, Yudveer Sethi, Senior BJP leader, Raj Kumar Gupta Ji, Sohail Kazmi, Diwan Bansal Sham Lal, SSP Kirti Sharma who were the Guests of Honour. The Prog. commenced with Arti of Mata Suriya Putri “Jai Jai Surya Putri Tawi Namami Ganga Jai Jai” written produced and directed by Dr.M.L.Dogra. The artists presented Light classical Dance Om Sankalpamastu ,three Sanskrit Shalok from Yazurveda( Manch Pooja). Navrata, is a Hindu festival every years Lakhs of devotees form India & aboard visit the holy temple to seek blessings of Maa Suriya Putri ,Nav Durga,Chart Dham at Har Ki Pauri.The Festival, first of its kind , besides showcasing the various aspects of our folk and culture, unveiled the history , origin, sanctity of holy River Tawi and its importance through presentation of “Tawi Arti” on the pattern of Navami Ganga Haridwar Arti daily at the culmination of programme on 13th & 14th Oct 2021.
While speaking on the occasion , Mahant Mahadev Sawami Sarswati Dham expressed his happiness to organize Tawi Darshan at Har Ki Pauri. Tawi, which is known as Surya Putri Tawi a symbol of pride for people of Jammu region. The legacy of carrying this forward lies with the local people and Younger generation he was confident that tawi river which is lifeline of the people would enrich all of us for our upliftment. The holy river has immense potential to attract tourists from country and outside also. He demanded renovation & repair of Ghats at Har ki Pauri so that tourists / pilgrims could perform Abhishek and Puja on the bank of Suryaputri.Chief Guest along with Guests performed Abhishek and Puja of suryaputri amidst chantingof Vedic shloks, by Sanskrit scholars after presentation of cultural programe.
Welcoming the dignitaries and pilgrimages V.K.Magotra. Managing Director of BLSKS said our commitment to promote the traditional art culture is of paramount importance of Our organization in coordination with various Govt. Agencies / Non Governmental agencies have been staging various cultural programs to aware the masses on the benefits of the schemes. The Arti is based on glorifying the historical, religious , socio-economic aspects of the people living all along the River Tawi. Over 45 reputed artists of the region in their traditional dresses /costumes with clarion call to youth to uphold the sanctity and environment of River Tawi focused on the occasion. We are confident that the tradition of staging Arti would commence with our programmes which would be followed with colorful processions by our artists /officials and all members of the Har ki Pauri – Dham. First day of the festival has been devoted on cleanliness/ sanitation within the vicinity of Bahu Fort in collaboration with students/youths of the area.Also speak on the occasion Sh. Raj Kumar Gupta, Yudveer Sethi, Sham lal on the occasion on the history of river tawi and swatch bharat.
In a Key note address of Dr.M.L.Dogra highlighted the story of Mata suriya Putri which originates in Kailash Kund glacier located in Jammu’s Bhaderwah area . It flows through Doda ,Dudu ,Sudhmahdev ,Udhampur ,Jammu Distt. and draining into Chenab river. It is a source of drinking water for more than 10 ,00,000 people in the city Jammu. Dogra also said the story mata Suriya Putri” popularly known as Tawi is a revered lineage from Sun as Ganga is known for its origin from Lord Vishnu in our Shastras (spiritual books). Ganga is the only river that is pure divine with its “Papmochini” attributes.However, Tawi is the symbol of the identity of the people living in Jammu.The physical origin of Tawi is from Kapilas (Seoj) also called Kailash Kund and this divine stream with gushing speed is embraced by Kirchi stream after traversing 25 Kms at Shallu where it is named as River Tawi. Its water is very cold with temperature at about 3 degrees Celsius. Various destinations come on its way prominent among them are Jakhed, Pattan Garh, Mantalai, Chajj, Sudh Mahadev, Binisung, Mandir Daushalla, Chenani Town, Samroli, Laddan Powerhouse, Udhampur, Jaganu, Roun, Krishanpur, Manwal, Jandrah, Athem, Baba Perh, Katal Batal, Nagrota, Jammu City, Nikki Tawi and finally Thub Village where it embraces Chenab River. As per legend, one day Vasuki Nag announced that any of his sons who would bring water to cure his illness shall be declared as his heir-apparent. Therefore all his sons tried to bring a water source from different directions to Jammu. Bhair devta, went to Kailash and brought Tawi to Jammu.Dogra also Emphasized the aims & objectives of the programme, Cleanliness with special emphasis on , as despite four years of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the state has not been able to make considerable progress in the waste management front. In Jammu, many households and shopkeepers were provided with two color-coded dustbins to encourage waste segregation, but not much progress has been made in both sensitizing people to segregate waste, or managing waste collection and disposal properly. The Dogra also said that such initiatives were important to instil in people a sense of cleanliness and how they can play important roles to keep their surroundings clean. Over 500 artists/members of dham students walked along the banks of the River Tawi, Har ki Puri and along with other participants, pledged to keep their surroundings clean, The students and officials pledged to maintain cleanliness of the Tawi River. BLSKS also motivated the masses about prevention from “Covid -19”( DO GAJ KI DURI BADI ZAROORI) “Swatch Bharat” and “Beti Bachao Beti Padao”.Earlier BLSKs also presented Swatch Bharat Awareness program at Govt. Her Sec School. Bahu Fort Jammu which was inaugurated by Sham Lal, Municipal Councilor, Ward no 48. This program was highly appreciated by Students , Staff and General Public.
Before planning of the Mahotsav BLSKS visited sub Himalayan region of Jammu province surrounding of Mata Vaishno Devi, Udhampur, Ramnagar, Doda ,Bhaderwah etc and selected 60 artistes from different pl, aces and organized 3 days research and Training workshop, Exhibition at Durga Bhawan Janipur ,Jammu. Moreover a folk cultural performance of Geetru by M/S Ram Ditta and Party ,Kudru by Sangam Tru Art Production, Dandars by Deepak Kumar and Party, and Karkan by Sarswati Sangeet Kala and Party ,Baran by Ali Mohd. and Party Bakh by Nazir Mohd, Raju Bajgal and J.R.Jakson & Party ,Sahil Gill and Party , Sudesh kumari & party, M.c.kotwal and party Ajit Sharma and party,Rajeev Salotra and party staged on the concluding days of the festival . Sh. K.K.Joshi , Vice Chairman, BLSKS presented the vote of thanks.
