11th batch of yatris flagged off to Haridwar

Pawan Kumar Shastri and Raj Kumar Gupta flagging off bus to Haridwar.
Pawan Kumar Shastri and Raj Kumar Gupta flagging off bus to Haridwar.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 7: The Swastik Charitable Trust today sent another bus of yatris to holy city of Haridwar. The main objective of the programme is to conduct a free yoga shivir and also to arrange Ganga Darshan for the devotees visiting Haridwar. All the expenditures are borne by the Trust including to and fro journey expenses, boarding and lodging facilities, fooding etc. The trust has already decided to send 1008 such yatries to Haridwar batch wise on every Amavasya parv on the similar terms and uptill now trust has dispatched 10 such batches to Haridwar thus facilitating about 600 such yatris.
Today, the Trust sent its 11th batch of yatris from Shakti Nagar, Jammu amidst chanting of vedic hawan and with Hindu religious rituals which was performed by Pawan Kumar Shastri, President Swastik Charitable Trust witnessed by a large number of people including the relatives of the yatris who too were present on this occasion.
The celebration was also attended by Gurdas Sharma, General Secretary, Raj Kumar Gupta, Trustee and Ashwani Sharma, W.C.M of Jammu Yatri Bhawan, Trust, Raj Kumar Gupta, Zorawar Singh, Vice President, Press Club and Chairman Team Jammu.