Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: In connection with the celebration of Bhagwan Parsuram Jayanti, Dogra Brahman Pratinidhi Sabha took out an impressive religious procession in Jammu city, here today.
The procession, comprising a number of tableaus depicting life history of Bhagwan Parsuram and his teachings, passed through different areas of Jammu and finally culminated near the Brahman Sabha at Parade Chowk.
A number of people from different walks of life took part in the religious procession, which was flagged off by the Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Paraksh Ganga in the presence of MLA and State BJP president Sat Sharma, MLA Rajesh Gupta, MLC Ramesh Arora, MLC Vikram Randhawa, Ashok Koul, Chander Mohan Sharma and others. Pooja of Bhagwan Parsuram was performed before the beginning of the Shobha Yatra.
The procession took off from Government Higher Secondary School, Jammu Cantt, Satwari this morning and after passing though Shastri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Bikram Chowk, Dogra Chowk and Raghunath Bazar, it culminated near the Brahman Sabha, Parade where it was formally received by Minister of State Priya Sethi and senior BJP leader Yudhvir Sethi.
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In addition to the beautifully decorated tableaus on Tractor trolleys, a number of cars and two wheelers are part of the Shobha Yatra, which was received by different social and trade organization enroute.
Besides, Ved Parkash Sharma, president and other functionaries of the Dogra Brahman Pratanidhi Sabha, several prominent citizens and people from all walks of life, including women and children, also took part in the Shobha Yatra of Bhagwan Parsuram.
After culmination of the procession at Brahman Sabha this afternoon, Satsang was also organized besides a Bhandara.
Pertinent to mention that the main function will be held on 18th of April, the day of Bhagwan Parsuram Jayanti, in premises of the Brahman Sabha wherein Yagyopaveet, Pujan of Bhagwan Parsuram will be performed by the Vedic scholars.
On 17th of April, a symposium on the life of Bhagwan Parsuram will be held at 11 AM in the DBPS premises while on 22nd of April, a free medical camp will be organized in Sabha premises in which a prominent Cardiologist Dr Susheel Sharma along with his team of doctors shall provide free consultations and medicines to needy persons.
The Brahman Sabha team, which played main role in making arrangements for the Shobha Yatra, included Pt V M Magotra, Advocate P C Sharma, Satyanand Sharma, Jagan Nath Sharma, Advocate C M Sharma, Subash Shastri, Romesh Sharma, Sat Pal Sharma, Shanti Saroop Baru, Gurdass Sharma, Shiv Ram Sharma, Davinder Sharma (Babu) Sri Kerni, K L Sharma, M L Sharma, Girdhari Lal, S C D Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Sachin Sharma and others.