Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 10: Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Management Trust, led by former minister Gulchain Singh Charak, oraganised celebration of Shri “Shani Shilla Sthapna Divas” at Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Complex Gandhi Nagar Jammu.
Besides Kavinder Gupta, former DyCM; Baldev Singh Billawaria, Dy Mayor JMC and Corporator Bhanu Mahajan, large number of devotees and general public participated in the religious function.
The programme started with Shri Ganesh and Navgreh Pujan followed by Hawan/Yagya, Pushap Abhishek and Shringar of Shri Shani Dev ji by the learned Pandits accompanied by Mandir Pujaris, member trustees, special invitees and other prominent devotees.
After performing Puranaahuti, Maha Aarti was organized on this auspicious occasion. Various religious scholars expressed their views about the Shani Shilla “a replica of Shani Shingna Pur Mandir in Maharastra” and prayed for blessings of Lord Shani Dev.
Ashwani Kumar Shastri briefed the gathering by highlighting the ways of Shani Pooja. He narrated that the malefic gaze of Lord Shani is said to be because of grief, dullness, laziness, failure, poverty, delays and other adversaries. He also explained about the separate arrangements made for performing the Pooja of Shri Shani Dev ji and other Grehas in “Shri Yantra” and “Nav Greha Mandir” in the complex in proper manner.
Th Gulchain Singh Charak thanked the religious scholars and devotees for their participation in the celebrations and making the celebration a grand success.