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PM Modi celebrate Diwali withDeepotsav soldiers at FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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rime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers of Indian Army at Line of Control in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir. This is in continuation with the tradition set by Prime Minister himself. This is the third time he has celebrated Diwali with the real heroes in Jammu and Kashmir. Modi visited the “Hall of Fame” in Rajouri where he paid homage to the soldiers and citizens, who laid down their lives to protect Rajouri and Poonch sectors. PM termed the Hall of fame as “Parakram Bhoomi, Prerna Bhoomi, and Paavan Bhoomi “. Prime Minister also visited the
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Diwali special PM Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers at LoC
Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers. (Photo: IANS)
Pathankot Airbase to meet the brave air warriors of Indian Air Force (IAF). Modi, while addressing the soldiers, said that everyone endeav-
ours to travel far and wide to celebrate the festival of Diwali with family members and likewise he too travelled to be with the members of his family, the brave Jawans
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This is howWBolly stars celebrated GOVERDHAN (MATHURA): It is festival time in Braj mandal, the Sri Krishna-Radha land that comprises towns of Goverdhan, Vrindavan, Gokul, Barsana and Mathura. With Diwali over, lakhs of pilgrims joined the Goverdhan Puja and Annakoot Mahotsav. The five-day Deepawali celebrations concluded on Tuesday with a special snaan (bath) at Mathura’s Vishram Ghat on the Yamuna river bank. “Brothers and sisters together take a dip in Yamuna, to appease Yamraj, brother of Yamuna. The only temple dedicated to Yamraj is in Mathura. After the customary dip, devotees will perform puja of Yamraj in the temple and have his darshan,” said a local ‘panda’ Madhu Mangal. Meanwhile, thousands of pilgrims from all over the world have congregated in the holy town of Goverdhan hill (said to have been lifted by Sri Krishna on his little finger to protect Brajbasis from the wrath of Indra Dev) to participate in the Annakoot Bhoj ceremonies in the temples, after the 21-km long parikrama of Goverd-
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han parbat. Annakoot is basically community feasts, after ceremonial offerings to the deities, of Prasad that includes more than 50 types of preparations. “A wide range of vegetables and sweets are offered, from rice, kadhi, to kheer and burfies. The entire array of north Indian cuisine is on show, now even ice creams,” said Mathura resident Pandit Pavan Gautam. The holy Goverdhan hill, is the focus of celebrations as lakhs of pilgrims perform parikrama and take a holy dip in the Mansi Ganga, in the centre of the town. —IANS
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